The End of Ageing : How Biotechnology Is Redefining Human Life and What It Means for Us / Thomas Ramge.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Ramge, Thomas, 1971- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Aging--Moral and ethical aspects.

Aging.

Bioethics.

Death--Moral and ethical aspects.

Death.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (127 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

La Vergne : Anthem Press, 2025.

Summary:

Can biotech conquer death? And if so, what would it mean for us as individual human beings, for societies and for the planet? A brilliant, thoughtful book on how ending aging will change everything.

Contents:

Prequel: A Day in the Life of a 200-Year-Old

1 Do You Want to Live Forever?

Medicine in Attack Mode

Is Death a Disease?

2 How Could Molecular Biology and Biotechnology Achieve Medical Breakthroughs?

Who Pays the Research Bill?

What Happens Biologically in the Body When We Age?

Which Longevity Approaches Promise Success?

Stimulating cell functions with rapamycin and metformin

Senolytics and telomerase

Stem cell therapy and artificial organs

Gene editing

Nanobots, mind-upload, cryonics

Ageing in 2145

3 Would a Long Life Be Deadly Boring?

When Souls Age

Ageing Alone?

The Struldbrug Dystopia

Life and Death, Love and Boredom

Desires and Futures

4 What Would Longevity Mean for Justice, Societies, and the Earth's Overpopulation?

The Longevity Dividend

Biological Class Division

The Ultimate Methuselah Conspiracy

The Malthusian Total Catastrophe

Longevity Meets Longtermism

5 The End of Ageing?

Death to the Dragon-Tyrant!

Again: Which Pill Would You Choose?

When Schopenhauer Meets Steve Jobs

Back Matters

Literature and Further Reading.

Notes:

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

1-83999-557-2

1-83999-556-4

OCLC:

1523372297