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DESCRIPTION:The Marcel and Josephine Patterson Memorial Lecture in the Medi
 cal Humanities They Want to Live Forever: The Making of a Life Extension R
 evolution in BiomedicineSpeaker:Alberto Aparicio\, PhDAssistant ProfessorD
 epartment of Bioethics and Health HumanitiesUniversity of Texas Medical Br
 anchThursday\, April 11\, 202412 to 1 p.m.Health Education Center #3.206Ev
 ent flierScientists and biotechnology investors have been making headlines
  in recent years\, for the desire to &ldquo\;live forever&rdquo\; and defe
 ating death. The field of geroscience\, or biogerentology\, is going throu
 gh a resurgence in the last few years. Recently\, XPRIZE launched a $101 m
 illion competition for innovations that combat aging and restore a decade 
 of life. Efforts are being made by private actors for longevity biotechnol
 ogy to be taken seriously\, as they claim that aging is a biological mecha
 nism that can be manipulated with molecular and cellular tools. Novel biom
 arkers\, genomic profiles\, and approaches to clinical experimentation are
  being developed. Backed by some of the wealthiest persons in the world\, 
 some institutions have signed declarations and are advocating for more fun
 ding for this field. In this talk I provide an overview of the resurgence 
 of longevity biotechnology as the ultimate frontier in biotechnology\, co-
 produced by both advances in the sciences and resistance against current p
 aradigms of healthcare. I show the work that longevity proponents are cond
 ucting in advocacy and regulatory reforms\, bringing forward a healthcare 
 revolution\, aiming to transform the meaning of disease and healthcare\, a
 nd the future of the human. As non-scientists are setting the terms of del
 iberation and research priorities in biotechnology\, this raises profound 
 questions for bioconstitutional order. This research is based on participa
 nts observation in longevity conferences\, and analysis of secondary sourc
 es like articles\, videoclips and podcasts. This work reflects shifts in s
 ociety&rsquo\;s relationship with time\, aging\, the self\, and the limits
  of the body.
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SUMMARY:They Want to Live Forever: The Making of a Life Extension Revolutio
 n in Biomedicine
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 tyle="text-align:center\;">They Want to Live Forever: The Making of a Life
  Extension Revolution in Biomedicine</h2><div style="text-align:center\;">
 </div><h4 style="text-align:center\;">Speaker:<br />Alberto Aparicio\, PhD
 <br />Assistant Professor<br />Department of Bioethics and Health Humaniti
 es<br />University of Texas Medical Branch</h4><h4 style="text-align:cente
 r\;">Thursday\, April 11\, 2024<br />12 to 1 p.m.<span style="background-c
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 v style="text-align:center\;">Scientists and biotechnology investors have 
 been making headlines in recent years\, for the desire to &ldquo\;live for
 ever&rdquo\; and defeating death. The field of geroscience\, or biogerento
 logy\, is going through a resurgence in the last few years. Recently\, XPR
 IZE launched a $101 million competition for innovations that combat aging 
 and restore a decade of life. Efforts are being made by private actors for
  longevity biotechnology to be taken seriously\, as they claim that aging 
 is a biological mechanism that can be manipulated with molecular and cellu
 lar tools. Novel biomarkers\, genomic profiles\, and approaches to clinica
 l experimentation are being developed. Backed by some of the wealthiest pe
 rsons in the world\, some institutions have signed declarations and are ad
 vocating for more funding for this field. In this talk I provide an overvi
 ew of the resurgence of longevity biotechnology as the ultimate frontier i
 n biotechnology\, co-produced by both advances in the sciences and resista
 nce against current paradigms of healthcare. I show the work that longevit
 y proponents are conducting in advocacy and regulatory reforms\, bringing 
 forward a healthcare revolution\, aiming to transform the meaning of disea
 se and healthcare\, and the future of the human. As non-scientists are set
 ting the terms of deliberation and research priorities in biotechnology\, 
 this raises profound questions for bioconstitutional order. This research 
 is based on participants observation in longevity conferences\, and analys
 is of secondary sources like articles\, videoclips and podcasts. This work
  reflects shifts in society&rsquo\;s relationship with time\, aging\, the 
 self\, and the limits of the body.<br /></div><div style="text-align:cente
 r\;"><br /></div>
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