Ending Aging: The Rejuvenation Breakthroughs That Could Reverse Human Aging in Our Lifetime

Ending Aging guides readers through advances in molecular and cellular biology that could lead to anti-aging therapies. Most scientists studying aging agree that the aging process can eventually be substantially slowed. Dr. Aubrey de Grey is among the most optimistic researchers in this field, believing that biomedical technology to eliminate aging-related debilitation and death is now within reach. This technology would not only slow but periodically reverse age-related physiological decay, potentially keeping humans biologically young indefinitely. De Grey and his research assistant Michael Rae describe the details of this biotechnology. They explain that human aging results from accumulation of various types of damage, similar to aging in man-made machines. Like machines, this damage can be periodically repaired to extend functional lifetime. The authors argue that we already know what types of damage accumulate in the human body and are moving toward developing technologies to remove that damage. By demystifying aging for nonspecialist readers, de Grey and Rae systematically dismantle the presumption that aging will forever defeat medical science efforts.