Very good to see this getting more attention. Aging sucks and we should fix it, for the same reason that we should cure any other degenerative condition. Also, doing so would in one shot solve the impending Medicare fiscal train wreck. Health care is really expensive when you're trying to take care of 80 year olds, but really cheap if they're as healthy as 25 year olds.

And I wasn't aware that Larry Ellison was involved in anti-aging research. Opinion revised slightly upward.

My comments on Arrison's book:

http://www.fightaging.org/archives/2011/08/changing-the-myth...

"The latest book to emerge from the longevity advocacy community is entitled "100 Plus: How the Coming age of Longevity Will Change Everything, From Careers and Relationships to Family and Faith", and is penned by Sonia Arrison, whom you might have heard of. The foreword is by Peter Thiel, whose name you should certainly know by now - you might recall his $3.5 million funding of the SENS Foundation's program of rejuvenation biotechnology, back when it was a branch of the Methuselah Foundation. Thiel makes a point in the opening pages, and it's one to keep in mind when reading the rest of the book..."

150 years is still far from 969 years ;-)

Well, sure, but 150 years gives you about 75 years of extra research time.