[tt] Community Attitudes to the Regulation of Life Extension

[Hughes, James J.]

http://www.blackwell-synergy.com/doi/abs/10.1196/annals.1396.033

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Volume 1114 

Healthy Aging and Longevity: Third International Conference 

Page 288-299, October 2007

MAIR UNDERWOOD, HELEN BARTLETT, WAYNE HALL (2007)

Community Attitudes to the Regulation of Life Extension

Abstract: Technologies purported to extend human life are already being
marketed widely, and are being used by community members, despite a lack
of evidence on their efficacy or safety: in fact, the use of some
putative anti-aging technologies (e.g., human growth hormone) is
illegal. Existing regulation is proving to be ineffective, especially in
the face of Internet sales. Further advances in the field of life
extension are a distinct possibility, exacerbating the need for a policy
response. This paper presents the preliminary results of a study of
community attitudes to life extension, with a focus on attitudes to the
control and availability of strong life-extending technologies.