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Aubrey de Grey - Chief Science Officer and Co-founder, SENS Foundation

23/06/2014 GMT

Chief Science Officer, SENS Foundation - Aubrey De Grey

BBC World Service - HARDtalk, Chief Science Officer, SENS Foundation - Aubrey De Grey

What would life be like without ageing? Is it a vision that's inspiring or dangerous?

What would life be like without ageing? Is it a vision that's inspiring, daft or downright dangerous?

Imagine life without ageing. You could live for hundreds of years with the mental and physical attributes of your 25-year-old self. Would you be tempted? Hardtalk speaks to a scientist and futurologist who believes it is a proposition that 21st Century biotechnology will soon be able to deliver. Aubrey de Grey's Californian research foundation is spending millions of dollars in a bid to conquer the ageing process. Is his vision inspiring, daft, or downright dangerous?

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