If changing our world is playing God, it is just one more way in which God made us in His image.

Ageing is, simply and clearly, the accumulation of damage in the body. That's all that ageing is.

Wikipedia was a big help for science, especially science communication, and it shows no sign of diminishing in importance.

I'm the chief science officer of a foundation that works on the application of regenerative medicine to the problem of aging.

The biggest handicap in research is an ability to think outside the box. The handicap is being encumbered by all the conventional wisdom in a given field.

It's not just about life, of course; it's about healthy life. Getting frail and miserable and dependent is no fun, whether or not dying may be fun.

Public enthusiasm for new advances is a key ingredient in influencing policy-makers to stimulate follow-up work with suitable funding, and it can be achieved far faster now that interested non-specialists can explore new research autonomously and can also be appealed to directly by scientists.