Sonia Arrison » longevity

Arrison’s 100 Plus featured on the Today Show

sonia — Thu, 15 Dec 2011 20:44:43 +0000

Here’s the entire segment which also features Dr. Aubrey de Grey and Dr. Bill Andrews. (100 Plus bit is at the 2:18 mark)

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Upcoming documentary: “The Methuselah Generation: The Science of Living Forever”

sonia — Sun, 11 Dec 2011 23:10:22 +0000

Donate to the The Methuselah Generation documentary and get a signed copy of my book.

The age at which scientists produce their most valuable work has been increasing

sonia — Thu, 10 Nov 2011 01:27:42 +0000

This is an interesting article from The Scientist. Here’s an excerpt:

According to economists Benjamin Jones and Bruce Weinberg, young scientists making groundbreaking contributions to their fields are becoming an endangered breed. In a study published November 7th in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, they reported that the chances a Nobel Prize winner at the turn of the 21st century produced their winning work by the age 30 or even 40 is close to zero.

Their analysis of 525 Nobel Prize winners (182 in physics, 153 in chemistry, and 190 in medicine) between 1900 and 2008, revealed that while the mean age at which they did their Nobel-prize winning work was around 37 for the three fields in the early 20th century, they are now around 50, 46, and 45 for Physics, Chemistry, and Medicine, respectively.

Mayo Clinic study shows the plasticity of aging

sonia — Thu, 10 Nov 2011 00:49:13 +0000

This is the latest in a series of studies to show that aging can be manipulated. If scientists were able to do for humans what these Mayo Clinic researchers did for mice, many more people would be in much better health at older ages. Now, why isn’t everyone who cares about the cost of health care rallying for more work in this area?

Here’s a Wired report on the work as well as one by the Economist.

This week: Fortune MPW, Guest Blogging at the Volokh Conspiracy

sonia — Mon, 03 Oct 2011 23:54:15 +0000

There is a lot going on this week, reminding me once again of how I’d like to have more time. I’m in southern California today attending the Fortune Most Powerful Women conference and I’m also guest blogging over at the Volokh Conspiracy.

The fun doesn’t end there, though. Following this, I will be headed back to NYC to speak at the Singularity Summit with a line up of fascinating speakers including Ken Jennings (former Jeopardy! champion), Dan Cerutti (VP of Commercialization for Watson at IBM), Stephen Wolfram, Ray Kurzweil, Christof Koch, Tyler Cowen, Max Tegmark, Peter Thiel, John Mauldin, David Brin and many others.

SENS5 talk with Aubrey de Grey

sonia — Fri, 23 Sep 2011 20:32:19 +0000

At the recent SENS5 conference, Aubrey de Grey interviewed me about 100 Plus. It’s in a two-part series below.

Part 1:

Part 2:

Living And Working To 100

sonia — Fri, 23 Sep 2011 18:25:57 +0000

Here’s an article by Fast Company blogger Alice Korngold about how living past 100 will effect work and retraining markets.

Changing the Mythology

sonia — Thu, 22 Sep 2011 22:52:33 +0000

Here is a review of 100 Plus that came out in August while I was on the road promoting the book. Fight Aging is a good source for longevity news and I recommend visiting the site if you are interested in aging issues. Here’s one of the comments taken from the review and precisely why I wrote the book:

Books like 100 Plus are necessary and needed, as they are a part of the process by which society moves from finding engineered longevity a hard sell to it being obvious, accepted, and well supported.

Singularity Hub reviews 100+

sonia — Tue, 20 Sep 2011 22:17:49 +0000

Aaron Saenz at Singularity Hub writes a thoughtful review of 100+:

What would you do with another 75 years on this Earth? Not as a pain wracked wizened elder in a nursing home, but as a vibrant super-centenarian with the energy of a 30 year old? Sonia Arrison is here to tell you it’s not only possible, it’s coming soon. The author, journalist, futurist and Silicon Valley insider’s latest book, 100+, explores the science and the fallout of extending our lifespans. Easy to read, and easy to understand, 100+ walks you through the incredible achievements in regenerative medicine we’ve already seen, projects them forward, and discusses the changes in environment, economy, family, and religion that will follow.

Research opens the possibility of temporarily reversing aging in the immune system

sonia — Fri, 19 Aug 2011 03:25:52 +0000

Researchers funded by the UK-based Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC) have discovered a new mechanism controlling ageing in white blood cells. The research, published in the September issue of the Journal of Immunology, opens up the possibility of temporarily reversing the effects of ageing on immunity and could, in the future, allow for the short-term boosting of the immune systems of older people.

Here’s the link to the press release.