The Longevity Meme links to overviews, introductions and central resources for the various aspects of healthy life extension and the healthy life extension community. It is not our intent to build an exhaustive list. Instead, we hope that we are providing a focused and useful starting point for people who are less familiar with healthy life extension.

Advocacy and Activism

Here you will find pointers to activist and advocacy groups for enhanced human longevity, better medicine, longevity research, and stem cell and regenerative medicine.

Articles

Online articles, opinions and other material well worth reading.

Companies at the Cutting Edge

Who is working on the anti-aging and regenerative medicine of the future? Who can help you take advantage of the few lifestyle and medical options for living healthily for longer today? The medical research industry is starting to take the anti-aging business seriously, which is a good thing for all of us.

Cryonics

Cryonic suspension is an experimental procedure whereby patients who no longer can be kept alive with today's medical abilities are preserved at low temperature for treatment in the future. There are many good cryonics resources available online. Remember; cryonic suspension is only the second worst thing that can happen to you!

Forums, Bulletin Boards, Mailing Lists

Many vibrant, active online communities, mailing lists and discussion forums exist for people who are interested in healthy life extension and associated topics.

Funding Sources

Who funds aging, anti-aging, regenerative medicine and other healthy life extension research? Surprisingly few groups as it turns out; the paucity of funding is the biggest problem facing researchers. Governments, venture capitalists and foundations are prominent in the list.

Healthy Life Extension Resources

Resources, backgound material and general information for anyone interested in healthy life extension.

Information on Aging

In order to fight your enemy, you must know your enemy. Understanding the facts and mechanisms of aging is an important first step towards improving your own health.

News Sources

What are the best online sources for relevant medical news? Unfortunately, few sites concentrate on healthy life extension and related topics. There are, however, a number of very good resources that touch on this subject often enough to be useful.

Science and Scientists

Noteworthy scientists and researchers working to understand aging and create the real anti-aging medicine of the future.

Supplement Stores and Information

The only vitamin and supplement stores and materials listed here are those I have personally used, found useful, or would otherwise vouch for in person. It is an unfortunate fact of life, but there are many snake-oil salesmen in the life extension and anti-aging supplements market. Even the reputable companies practice what is, to my delicate European sensibilities, a hard sell. As always, do your research and talk to your physician before changing your supplement regimen. Don't buy just because a seller tells you to!

Transhumanism

Transhumanism as a cultural movement is closely tied to an enthusiasm for ethical, responsible, and rapid technological progress. Progress in science and technology brings greater choice to individuals and adds new options for improving the human condition. This is really nothing new: we humans have been pulling outselves up by our bootstraps for millenia: fire, farming, steam, bicycles, antibiotics, vaccines, modern dentistry, cell phones, and so forth. Each new invention, and the science that enabled it, allows us to overcome a limitation or a cause of suffering. We can fly where we couldn't before, we can survive diseases that once killed or crippled us, and we can engage in ten thousand new types of entertaining or challenging activities that once upon a time didn't even exist.

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