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Listening to public concerns about human life extension
Author(s) -
Partridge Brad,
Lucke Jayne,
Hall Wayne
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
embo reports
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 4.584
H-Index - 184
eISSN - 1469-3178
pISSN - 1469-221X
DOI - 10.1038/embor.2010.137
Subject(s) - life extension , active listening , extension (predicate logic) , life span , internet privacy , human life , public relations , psychology , engineering ethics , cognitive science , political science , computer science , biology , communication , medicine , gerontology , engineering , evolutionary biology , law , programming language , humanity
Technologies to extend the human life span have gained media, scientific and commercial attention, but the public remains cautious. This wariness may in part be caused by the failure of scientists to communicate what is known and unknown about ageing.