February 10th, 2003

Anti-Aging Confusion

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A brief article from Eurekalert testifies to the continuing fight over the term "anti-aging." Scientists feel -- with justification -- that the term has been stolen out from under them by fraudulent practitioners and entrepreneurs hawking miracle skin cremes and the like. This confusion is certainly a hinderance to promoting and obtaining funding for valuable scientific anti-aging, regenerative medicine and life extension research.

Link: http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2003-02/tgso-twa020403.php

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