Transcript of “Is Aging a Disease”

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SAGE Crossroads has posted the transcript of their latest debate, "Is Aging a Disease" held last month between Art Caplan and Rick Moody. It's one of their best yet, and I recommend you take the time to read it (scroll down a bit on that page for the transcript). In the end, both sides agree that we need to be putting more money into aging and real anti-aging research in order to see meaningful results. There are a lot of great quotes in there, far too many to print here - go and take a look.

Link: http://www.sagecrossroads.com/public/webcasts/11/