For years, Silicon Valley hasfundedgroundbreakingscientific research about extending the human lifespan.

From gene therapy,tomolecular biology, toartificial intelligence,we know more about the aging process than we ever have. And perhaps, were close to knowinghow toeliminate aging entirely.

From The Guardian:

Funded by Silicon Valley elites, researchers believe they are closer than ever to tweaking the human body so that we can finally live forever (or quite a bit longer), even as some worry about pseudoscience in the sector.

Scientists and entrepreneurs are working on a range of techniques, from attempting to stop cells aging, to the practice of injecting young blood into old people a processdenounced as quackeryby the Federal Drug Administration [last year].

Theres millions of people now who wont see death if they choose, said James Strole, the director of theCoalition of Radical Life Extension, an organization which brings together scientists and enthusiasts interested in physical immortality.

Is immortality closer to reality than science fiction? And if humans could live forever or at least, for a long time how would that shape what it means to be alive?

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My Immortal: The Quest To Live Forever - KRCU