In search of forever
Longevity
In search of forever
TECHNOLOGY QUARTERLY -
Slowing, let alone reversing, the process of ageing was once alchemical fantasy. Now it is a subject of serious research and investment, Geoffrey Carr reports
- In search of forever: Slowing human ageing is now the subject of serious research
- Don’t be greedy: Eating fewer calories can ward off ageing
- Out with the old: Ageing bodies need to get rid of decrepit cells
- Of bowheads and borzois: Alternatives to the laboratory mouse
- You can’t have everything: Older genomes have more dodgy genes
- Give us the tools: Fighting ageing requires properly equipped cells
- Blood and guts: What the young can give to the old
- A design for living: Some claim human lifespans can be lengthened indefinitely
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In vitro fertilisation
The most personal technology
TECHNOLOGY QUARTERLY -
Demand for, and expectations of, in vitro fertilisation are growing. The technology is struggling to keep up, write Catherine Brahic and Sacha Nauta
- The most personal technology: In vitro fertilisation is struggling to keep up with demand
- If at first you don’t succeed…: IVF remains largely a numbers game
- Selling hope: The fertility sector is booming
- Our bodies, ourselves: Not all types of families can access IVF
- Eggs from elsewhere: Some women need eggs from others, or from their younger selves
- Eggs from scratch: New ways of making babies are on the horizon
- Conception, reconceived: Lack of basic research has hampered assisted reproduction
- Between the lines: Video: Why we know so little about human reproduction
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