Investigating How We Grow Old

Fight Aging!

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This SFGate reporter talks to scientists from the Buck Institute for Age Research. As they say: "We are the only freestanding institute in the country devoted to basic research on aging and age-associated diseases." Researchers at BIAR have produced great work in recent years, and the article is a fascinating view of the front lines in the fight against aging. The small size of the BIAR budget illustrates of the need for a vast expansion in funding for aging and healthy life extension research. Just think of the results if aging research were funded like cancer research!

Link: http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2003/07/25/WB69875.DTL