Second Annual Healthspan Extension Policy and Regulation Workshop

By Gary E. Marchant The Center for Law, Science & Innovation convened its Second Annual Workshop on Healthspan Extension Policy and Regulation in Scottsdale Arizona on May 5, 2017. This invitation-only event was attended by approximately 30 experts in science, medicine, public policy, regulation, law and ethics. The purpose of this annual workshop series is […]

LSI at the Cutting Edge of Silicon Valley’s Quest

If a scorched cactus can live to 300, why not a human being? (Yvonne Stevens) On May 5, 2017, LSI will host its second healthy lifespan extension workshop.  Whatever one chooses to call it, age delay, anti-aging or life extension, the idea is the same: those supporting it wish to curb the inevitability of aging […]

Technology Triple Trivia

3 Questions. 3 Hints. 3 Answers. October 11, 2016 What is the next best (or some might even say the best) new thing in anti-aging? Hint: Answer: an anti-aging pill for one’s dog.  Marketed for cancer treatment in humans, rapamycin, has been shown to have an anti-aging effect in dogs and other animals.   Not only is […]

Worldwide Web Watch

September 30, 2015 On Wednesday September 23, 2015, Gary Marchant, ASU Regents’ Law Professor and Director of the Center for Law, Science & Innovation‘s GET Program, kicked off the Lincoln Center for Applied Ethics‘ Ethics @ Noon series with a talk on anti-aging technologies and their ethical implications.  Click here to view the presentation and […]

Governance of Emerging Technologies Conference 2015: Anti-aging Treatments

Anti-Aging Treatments: Scientific Progress Needs to Be Accompanied with Regulatory Advances BY GARY E. MARCHANT (Professor of Law, ASU) One of the many cutting-edge sessions at the 3rd Annual Governance of Emerging Technologies conference focused on anti-aging technologies. There has been a long history of unproven life-extension claims and bogus anti-aging products. But in recent […]