''Ending Aging: The Rejuvenation Breakthroughs that Could Reverse Human Aging in Our Lifetime'' is a 2007 book written by
biogerontologist Aubrey de Grey
Aubrey David Nicholas Jasper de Grey (; born 20 April 1963) is an English author and biomedical gerontologist. He is the author of ''The Mitochondrial Free Radical Theory of Aging'' (1999) and co-author of ''Ending Aging'' (2007). He is known ...
, with his
research assistant Michael Rae. ''Ending Aging'' describes de Grey's proposal for eliminating aging as a cause of debilitation and death in humans, and restoring the body to an indefinitely youthful state, a project that he calls the "
strategies for engineered negligible senescence
Strategies for engineered negligible senescence (SENS) is a range of proposed regenerative medical therapies, either planned or currently in development, for the periodic repair of all age-related damage to human tissue. These therapies have the u ...
" ("SENS"). De Grey argues that defeating aging is feasible, possibly within a few decades, and he outlines steps that can be taken to hasten the development of
regenerative medicine
Regenerative medicine deals with the "process of replacing, engineering or regenerating human or animal cells, tissues or organs to restore or establish normal function". This field holds the promise of engineering damaged tissues and organs by st ...
treatments for each side of aging.
Editions
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St. Martin's Press, 1st edition ''(
hardcover
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, 389 pages)'', released September 4, 2007:
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St. Martin's Griffin
St. Martin's Press is a book publisher headquartered in Manhattan, New York City, in the Equitable Building. St. Martin's Press is considered one of the largest English-language publishers, bringing to the public some 700 titles a year under si ...
, 1st reprint edition with new
afterword ''(
paperback
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, 448 pages)'', released October 14, 2008:
Translations
* German:
Niemals alt!: So lässt sich das Altern umkehren. Fortschritte der Verjüngungsforschung', transcript Verlag, Bielefeld 2010
* Spanish: ''
El Fin del Envejecimiento. Los avances que podrían revertir el envejecimiento humano durante nuestra vida'', Lola Books, Berlín 2013
* Italian:
La fine dell'invecchiamento: Come la scienza potrà esaudire il sogno dell'eterna giovinezza', D Editore, Roma 2016
* Portuguese:
O fim do envelhecimento: Os avanços que poderiam reverter o envelhecimento humano durante nossa vida', NTZ, 2018
The book has not been officially translated into Russian, but there is an unofficial non-commercial
fan translation named "Отменить Старение", which is distributed on the Internet in PDF format.
See also
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Life extension
Life extension is the concept of extending the human lifespan, either modestly through improvements in medicine or dramatically by increasing the maximum lifespan beyond its generally-settled limit of 125 years.
Several researchers in the area ...
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Rejuvenation
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Longevity escape velocity
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SENS Research Foundation
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Methuselah Foundation
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Pro-aging trance
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