As information supplementing this piece, I would like to inform you of an effort to combat aging on an international level, which may interest you enough to contribute to it.
The Methuselah Foundation
http://www.methuselahfoundation.org
headed by such illustrious and world-renowned individuals as the Cambridge University biogerontologist, Dr. Aubrey de Grey, and the entrepreneur David Gobel, has organized a prize fund to reward scientists who discover radical life-extension treatments for mice; the publicity and expertise generated by this effort can be expected to be applied toward a real cure to human aging within thirty years. The Methuselah Mouse Prize is modeled after numerous historically successful prizes for scientific research, discovery, and exploration, including the recent X Prize, which had stimulated the development of the first private spacecraft. Already, contributions have been substantial, and five teams of world-renowned scientists are competing for the prize. David Gobel estimates that prizes have historically produced $50 of investment for every 1 dollar in a prize, and the Methuselah Mouse Prize is already stimulating substantial research and investment. There are currently two prize funds offered: the Postponement Prize, for prolonging the lifespan of mice, and the Reversal Prize for the best late-onset life extension intervention. You can learn more about the prize structure at http://www.methuselahmouse.org/structure.php
The science behind this endeavor is extensively discussed by Dr. Aubrey de Grey on his site devoted to Strategies for Engineered Negligible Senescence (SENS): http://www.gen.cam.ac.uk/sens/
I strongly encourage you to investigate all of these resources because I am confident that you will be convinced of the worthiness of this endeavor. I have myself donated $50.00 to the Methuselah Mouse Prize due to my compelling interest in expediting the cure for human aging. Any of your support will be sincerely appreciated.
Please visit the website of my volunteer effort to gather contributions for the Methuselah Mouse Prize to find out how you can contribute:
The Chicago Methuselah Foundation Fund:
http://www.geocities.com/chicagomethuselahfund/index.html
If you choose to donate to the Methuselah Mouse Prize or help in any other way, please be sure to contact me at gennadystolyarovii@yahoo.com
Prior articles by Dr. de Grey in the "Quest for Indefinite Life" series have appeared on the Free Republic, and explain many other scientific, ideological, and economic aspects of SENS. "The Quest for Indefinite Life I" may be found at http://www.geocities.com/rational_argumentator/questlife1.html
"The Quest for Indefinite Life II" may be found at http://www.geocities.com/rational_argumentator/questlife2.html