Sentences with phrase «human life extension»

In: Fahy GM, West M, Coles LS, Harris SB (eds) The Future of Aging: Pathways to Human Life Extension.

We are proud to introduce Discover readers to acclaimed science writer Stephen S. Hall, whose most recent book is Merchants of Immortality: Chasing the Dream of Human Life Extension.

To understand why he doesn't listen to them, it's helpful to know something else about Thiel: He is deeply invested, philosophically and financially, in the idea of extreme human life extension.

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«This year, consumers showed they are increasingly interested in wearing technology, and now they are looking for wearables that can seamlessly integrate into their daily lives and become extensions of the human body.

By extension, evolving from less advanced life forms is distasteful to those same individuals, as that necessitates a point in evolution at which humans are not really humans at all in the modern sense, which then brings up problems such as «do slugs go to heaven?»

This was the Incarnation: Et Verbum caro factum est. 20 And from this first, basic contact of God with our human race, and precisely by virtue of this penetration of the divine into our human nature, a new life was born: that unforeseeable aggrandizement and «obediential ’21 extension of our natural capacities which we call «grace».

The logical extension of applying economic value to human life is euthanasia - killing nonproductive members of society.

The idea of a God who not only sympathizes with all we feel and endure for our fellow men, but who will pour new life into our too languid love, and give firmness to our vacillating purpose, is an extension and multiplication of the effects produced by human sympathy.

By extension every good deed, every struggle for justice and deliverance from oppression, every effort to care for and show concern about those who are in need, will be not merely a reflection of the divine mercy and righteousness but also an instrument for the bringing about of just such shalom or «abundance of life» for God's human children, So one might go on, almost without ceasing, to show that response in faith to the action of God in this vivid moment has its implications and applications for the whole range of human life and experience.

12 Even on the assumption of a Vitalism of essentially higher principles of that kind, which raise the organic, as an intrinsically higher level of reality, above merely inorganic matter, and constitute biology as an independent science, and even if we regard the entelechy factor as simple and indivisible, there would only be an eductio e potentia materiae when a new living being came into existence, if we excluded creation in this case in the way it is exemplified in the human soul, though that is not very easy to prove, and at the same time rejected the not at all absurd supposition that in the generation of new life below the human level what happens is only the extension of the entelechial function of one and the same vital principle to a new position in space and time within inorganic matter.

The secular substitute — the belief in the perfection of life on earth by the endless extension of a choice of pleasures — is not merely callow by comparison but much less realistic in its understanding of human nature.»

Our hope lies in the resilience of life, which is Christ, the emergence of new understanding, which is possible only as Christ brings it to pass, in the extension of love to all human beings and to other species, which is Christ within us.

Food in the appropriated state is already protected by the extension of the Right to Life, which - again - is the wellspring of all human rights.

Historically, the proponents of radical life extension may have envisioned no greater change to human nature than the extent to which maintenance of an ancient edifice changes the nature of that edifice.

The works of several authors of the period — Fedorov, Stephens, Bogdanov, Nietzsche and Finot — reveal conflicting ideological and social pathways toward the goals of human enhancement and life extension.

The scope of bioethics can expand with biotechnology, including cloning, gene therapy, life extension, human genetic engineering, astroethics and life in space, and manipulation of basic biology through altered DNA, XNA and proteins.

The study by Mann, now an assistant professor at the University of Mississippi, and Serrano, a Virginia Cooperative Extension specialist who serves as Family Nutrition Program Project director and professor in the Department of Human Nutrition, Foods, and Exercise in the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, was recently published in the Journal of Nutrition Education and Behavior.

Furthermore, testing life - extension treatments in humans may be nearly impossible for practical and ethical reasons.

Life - span extension in species from yeast to mice and extrapolation from life expectancy trends in humans have convinced a swath of scientists that humans will routinely coast beyond 100 or 110 years of Life - span extension in species from yeast to mice and extrapolation from life expectancy trends in humans have convinced a swath of scientists that humans will routinely coast beyond 100 or 110 years of life expectancy trends in humans have convinced a swath of scientists that humans will routinely coast beyond 100 or 110 years of age.

It was created by the Mexican Max Ortiz Catalan, who lives in Sweden, the device becomes an extension of the human body through osseointegration, this means that it connects directly to the bone via a titanium implant, and thanks to the neuronal and muscle binding interfaces a robust and intuitive control of the artificial hand is achieved, this way just by thinking about it is possible to move the limb.

Supported by a grant (R01 ES08388) from the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS) and in part by grants from the NIEHS Environmental Health Sciences Center at the University of Rochester (ES01247), the Cornell University Bronfenbrenner Life Course Institute in the College of Human Ecology, the Strong Memorial Hospital Children's Research Center, and a joint research and extension program funded by the Cornell University Agricultural Experiment Station and Cornell Cooperative Eextension program funded by the Cornell University Agricultural Experiment Station and Cornell Cooperative ExtensionExtension.

The research helps explain why a life - extension therapy works in mice, and theoretically could work in humans.

When you purchase Life Extension supplements from DR Vitamin Solutions, your supplement sales also help fund anti-aging research through contributions to the Life Extension Foundation, a non-profit organization founded in 1980 that seeks to radically extend the health human lifespan by funding scientific research and developing medical therapies to prevent and treat aging and age - related disease.

These surprising results were obtained from experiments on animals, but the extrapolation of data on humans would mean an average life extension of about 10 years.

Life Extension Foundation has just announced that next week they are going to announce a partnership with the Young Blood Institute for what is perhaps the most ambitious human trial of anti-aging medicine ever.

In this essential guide and cookbook, Drew Ramsey, MD, explores the role the human brain plays in every part of your life, including mood, health, focus, memory, and appetite, and reveals what foods you need to eat to keep your brain — and by extension your body — properly fueled.

Robb's book (The Paleo Solution), blog posts and podcasts include a wealth of experiential and scientific information (cutting edge discoveries from genetics, biochemistry, immunology, and life extension research) about «the original human diet».

The ingredients used are the same high quality, premium grade nutrients found in Life Extension's human products.

Ronnie Landis on Lyme Disease / Calcification, Detoxification, Food Addictions, Spring Water, Psychological Health, & More This is the first of a brand new Facebook Live, Youtube, and Podcast series from Ronnie Landis as a video extension of his podcast The Holistic Human Optimization -LSB-...]

There have been no human studies that were well - controlled and scientific when it comes to observing possible life extension or long - term effects of caloric restriction or intermittent fasting.

The computer age is already here, widespread, and almost an extension of every human being's life.

Contents Include: - 60 Experiments Plus Extension Activities - Glossary - Letter to Parents - Science Awards The 4 Titles in this Bundle Include: Earth Science Physical Science Life Science: Human Body Life Science: Biology

Your notebook pages include the following activities: Fill in the blanks Short Answer Draw and Drop Video and Comprehension Questions Extension Activity Included in the Space Digital Interactive Bundle are the following Chapters • Chapter 1 - Space - An Introduction • Chapter 2 - Our Solar System • Chapter 3 - The Life and Death of Stars • Chapter 4 - The Seasons and Earth's Tilt • Chapter 5 - The Moon • Chapter 6 - Eclipse Solar and Lunar • Chapter 7 - Galaxies, Other Objects, and the Universe • Chapter 8 - The Immensity of the Universe • Chapter 9 - How Humans Meet Their Needs in Space Digital Interactive Notebook for Google and OneDrive cloud services.

I agree with ylhoff that prejudice is in our DNA to the extent that the evidence suggests that humans have lived in tribal groups for a very long time, and I think most would agree that in order to function in a pack you have to feel an affinity to the group - and, thus, by extension, a distrust of outsiders.

Life extension therapies have increased the human lifespan by centuries.

Distilling the most radical accomplishments being made in labs worldwide, including gene therapy, genetic engineering, stem cell research, life extension, brain - computer interfaces, and cloning, More Than Human offers an exciting tour of the impact biotechnology will have on our lives.

To what extent do you view your investing life as an extension of your personal life?By that I mean to what extent do the personal morals and ethical values of Tim the man govern the investing decisions of Tim the dividend growth investor?If you ask your typical dividend growth investor if they would be willing to invest in a lucrative but immoral venture, say selling child pornography or crack cocaine, the answer would probably be «absolutely not» regardless of the yield, valuation or growth prospects of the underlying venture.And yet, ask that same investor what their thoughts are about Phillip Morris and they would probably describe what a wonderful investment it is and go on about why you should own it.Do your personal morals ever come into play when buying companies, or do you compartmentalize your conscience, wall it off from the part of your brain that thinks about investments, and make your investing decisions based on the financial prospects of the company?The reason why I'm asking is that I keep identifying stocks of companies that I love from an investing perspective but despise on a human level.I can not in good conscience own any piece of Phillip Morris knowing the impact that smoking related illness has on the families of smokers.You might say that the smoker made his choice to smoke so you don't mind taking his money, but his children never made that choice and they are the ones who will suffer when he dies 20 years too soon.

2014 Disturbing Innocence, The FLAG Art Foundation, New York, NY curated by Eric Fischl Love It Locket Leave It, Island Weiss Gallery, New York, NY curated by Diana Corvelle Tell Them Stories, Art Foundry, New York, NY curated by Tun Myaing & Marshall Jones Living and Sustaining a Creative Life, Exhibit by Aberson, Tulsa, OK National Contemporary Painting, Weatherhead Gallery, University of Saint Francis, Ft. Wayne, IN A Human Extension, The Lodge Gallery, New York, NY

Across films like «Human Factors» and «Soft Addiction», the collapse of «virtual» and «absolute» space causes internal and external languages to collide, as the body - and by extension our brains - respond to the small shifts in navigating the tools of daily life.

Air pressure changes, allergies increase, Alps melting, anxiety, aggressive polar bears, algal blooms, Asthma, avalanches, billions of deaths, blackbirds stop singing, blizzards, blue mussels return, boredom, budget increases, building season extension, bushfires, business opportunities, business risks, butterflies move north, cannibalistic polar bears, cardiac arrest, Cholera, civil unrest, cloud increase, cloud stripping, methane emissions from plants, cold spells (Australia), computer models, conferences, coral bleaching, coral reefs grow, coral reefs shrink, cold spells, crumbling roads, buildings and sewage systems, damages equivalent to $ 200 billion, Dengue hemorrhagic fever, dermatitis, desert advance, desert life threatened, desert retreat, destruction of the environment, diarrhoea, disappearance of coastal cities, disaster for wine industry (US), Dolomites collapse, drought, drowning people, drowning polar bears, ducks and geese decline, dust bowl in the corn belt, early spring, earlier pollen season, earthquakes, Earth light dimming, Earth slowing down, Earth spinning out of control, Earth wobbling, El Nià ± o intensification, erosion, emerging infections, encephalitis,, Everest shrinking, evolution accelerating, expansion of university climate groups, extinctions (ladybirds, pandas, pikas, polar bears, gorillas, whales, frogs, toads, turtles, orang - utan, elephants, tigers, plants, salmon, trout, wild flowers, woodlice, penguins, a million species, half of all animal and plant species), experts muzzled, extreme changes to California, famine, farmers go under, figurehead sacked, fish catches drop, fish catches rise, fish stocks decline, five million illnesses, floods, Florida economic decline, food poisoning, footpath erosion, forest decline, forest expansion, frosts, fungi invasion, Garden of Eden wilts, glacial retreat, glacial growth, global cooling, glowing clouds, Gore omnipresence, Great Lakes drop, greening of the North, Gulf Stream failure, Hantavirus pulmonary syndrome, harvest increase, harvest shrinkage, hay fever epidemic, heat waves, hibernation ends too soon, hibernation ends too late, human fertility reduced, human health improvement, hurricanes, hydropower problems, hyperthermia deaths, ice sheet growth, ice sheet shrinkage, inclement weather, Inuit displacement, insurance premium rises, invasion of midges, islands sinking, itchier poison ivy, jellyfish explosion, Kew Gardens taxed, krill decline, landslides, landslides of ice at 140 mph, lawsuits increase, lawyers» income increased (surprise surprise!)

US Army, Pentagon, Washington • DC 2004 — 2010 Human Resource Specialist Orchestrated the execution of a range of personnel management actions pertaining to life - cycle management of the Army's general officer corps such as to include assignments, promotions, extensions, service waivers, retirements, position and grade structure modifications.

Allport also considered these qualities characteristic of mentally healthy individuals: capacity for self - extension; capacity for warm human interactions; demonstrated emotional security and self - acceptance; realistic perceptions of one's own talents and abilities; sense of humor, and a unifying philosophy of life such as religion.