Channel 4 Documentary on Aubrey de Grey and SENS Research
On February 3rd, Channel 4 in the UK will be showing a Christopher Sykes documentary on Methuselah Foundation chair Aubrey de Grey and his Strategies for Engineered Negligible Senescence (SENS) - scientific research aimed at repairing the molecular and cellular damage of aging. From the Radio Times entry:
Award-winning director Christopher Sykes follows computer scientist turned renowned biologist Dr Aubrey de Grey on the road as he investigates the possibilites of immortality. Hailed as a genius by some experts and publicly denounced by other scientists, de Grey expands on his theory of immortal life by identifying the 'Seven Deadly Things' that cause ageing and proposes solutions for them all. Will this lead to indefinite life extension in the future and is it something we really want?
The Methuselah Foundation - through the actions and generosity of its many supporters - presently funds research in two areas of SENS: the search for bacterial enzymes capable of safely degrading damaging biochemicals and metabolic waste products that build up with age, and halting the effects of age-related damage to mitochondria by moving mitochondrial DNA into the cellular nucleus.