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Google is looking for ways to extend life

By T.K. Randall
March 10, 2015 ·  20 comments

Can science lead to a cure for the aging process ? Image Credit: CC BY 2.0 US Army RDECOM While aging might seem like one of the fundamental inevitabilities of life, there are some who believe that the unstoppable effects of the march of time on our mortal bodies is something that can be slowed down, stopped or even put in to reverse.

One of those is Internet giant Google which has recently been looking to invest millions of dollars in to developing new ways to cure diseases and to extend the human lifespan."We actually have the tools in the life sciences to achieve anything that you have the audacity to envision," said Google's Bill Maris. "I just hope to live long enough not to die."

"Twenty years ago, without genomics, you could only treat cancer with a poison. That's really different from, ‘We can cure your cancer by reverse-engineering a stem cell.'"

"In 20 years, chemo will seem so primitive it will be like using a telegraph."

Source: Fortune | Comments (20)

Tags: Google, Aging