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Community Attitudes to the Regulation of Life Extension
Author(s) -
UNDERWOOD MAIR,
BARTLETT HELEN,
HALL WAYNE
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
annals of the new york academy of sciences
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.712
H-Index - 248
eISSN - 1749-6632
pISSN - 0077-8923
DOI - 10.1196/annals.1396.033
Subject(s) - life extension , extension (predicate logic) , human life , the internet , emerging technologies , internet privacy , field (mathematics) , business , public relations , psychology , political science , computer science , gerontology , medicine , law , world wide web , humanity , mathematics , programming language , artificial intelligence , pure mathematics
Abstract : Technologies purported to extend human life are already being marketed widely, and are being used by community members, despite a lack of evidence on their efficacy or safety: in fact, the use of some putative anti‐aging technologies (e.g., human growth hormone) is illegal. Existing regulation is proving to be ineffective, especially in the face of Internet sales. Further advances in the field of life extension are a distinct possibility, exacerbating the need for a policy response. This paper presents the preliminary results of a study of community attitudes to life extension, with a focus on attitudes to the control and availability of strong life‐extending technologies.