December 11, 2012

If We Could Live to 1,000, Should We?

Peter Singer, Project Syndicate


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On which problems should we focus research in medicine and the biological sciences? There is a strong argument for tackling the diseases that kill the most people –diseases like malaria, measles, and diarrhea, which kill millions in developing countries, but very few in the developed world.

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TAGGED: aging, ethics, disease, longevity

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