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Index
Cover
Title Page
Copyright
Dedication
Contents
Foreword: The End of Aging Is Near
Chapter 1: Life at 200: How and When Technology Will Enable Us to Live Longer Than We Ever Thought Possible
Shuffle Off This Mortal Coil
Why This Book
Chapter 2: Defining Longevity: The Three Dimensions of Longevity Impact and the Two Horizons of the Longevity Revolution
What Is the Secret to Living Longer? First—Do Not Die
Breaking the “Sound Barrier” of Lifespan
Turning Back Time, and Growing Young
The Near Horizon of Longevity: Living to Be 150 Years Old
The Far Horizon of Longevity: Living to Be 200 Years Old—or More
The Current Day: How to Live Long Enough to Live Forever
Chapter 3: The Longevity Revolution: The Three Most Popular Myths About Longevity, and the Four Technological Shifts Blowing Them Apart
Myth 1: “Living More Means Living Less”
Myth 2: “Longevity Is Dangerous and Selfish”
Myth 3: “Life Extension Is Not Really Possible”
The Genetic Engineering Breakthrough
The Regenerative Medicine Breakthrough
The Health-Care Hardware Breakthrough
The Health Data Intelligence Breakthrough
Chapter 4: What Is Aging, Anyway? The Colorful Theories of What Causes Aging, and Why They May Not Even Matter
Theories of Aging
Entering a New Era of Aging
The Hallmarks of Aging
Age Is in the Eye of the Epigenome
Technology as Timekeeper
Age Is Just a Number
The Near Horizon of Longevity
Chapter 5: DIY Diagnostics: How Wearable, Portable, Embeddable, and Ingestible New Technologies Will Deliver Early Diagnosis and Radically Reduce Disease and Death
Diagnosis Is in a Deep Crisis
Diagnostics Become Noninvasive and Highly Affordable
Diagnostics Go DIY
A Look Into the (Near) Future of DIY Diagnostics
Data Are at the Center of Diagnostics
Chapter 6: Precision Medicine: How Health Data and Artificial Intelligence Are Turning the Practice of Sick Care into the Science of Health Care
Getting Personalome
AI to the Rescue
The Promise of Precision
The Doctor Won’t See You Now
The Power of Virtual Connection
Your Data or Your Life
The Health-Care Landscape It Is a-Changin’
Chapter 7: Engineering Our Genetic Code: How Human Genome Sequencing Is Paving the Way for Radical New Technological Advances in Health Care and Longevity
Sequencing the Human Genome
Making CRISPR Work of Gene Editing
Altering the Genes Inside Your Body’s Cells
Could This Be the End of Cancer?
Engineering Longevity Genes
The Future of Gene Engineering
Opening Pandora’s Box
Chapter 8: Your Body 2.0: Stem Cell Therapy, Organ Replacement, and Bionic Augmentation Offer the Possibility to Regenerate Damaged and Aged Bodies—and Create New Ones!
Back to the Future: Stem Cell Therapy
Oh, If I Only Had a Heart . . .
The Six-Million-Dollar You
New (and Old) Ideas in Regeneration
A Whole New You?
Chapter 9: Longevity in a Pill: Why It’s Illegal to Die of Old Age and How Reversing Aging Is Set to Change the Way We Grow Old
Special Delivery—of Drugs
Here’s to Your (Mitochondrial) Health
Longevity Out from Under a Rock
A Sweet Discovery from the Middle Ages
Out with the Old, In with the New
Peptides and Vitamins and Supplements (Oh My!)
Pharma Is Getting Faster and Smarter
Changing the Politics of Old Age
The Far Horizon of Longevity
Chapter 10: Living Beyond Age 200: The Quantum Leaps That Will Allow Humankind to Achieve Extreme Longevity
The Logical Case for Longevity
Extreme Longevity Meets Technical Inevitability
Man and Machine Become One
Going Beyond This Mortal Coil
Chapter 11: The Morality of Immortality: How the World Needs to Change to Be Ready for the Twenty-Second Century
Immortal Life, Endangered Planet
The Morality of Immortality
Growing Older—and Wiser
Bonus Chapter: Who Wants to Live Forever? The 10 Attitudes, Habits, and Choices You Need to Make to Take Advantage of the Longevity Revolution—Now
1. You Better Check Yourself
2. Quit Your Bad Habits
3. Don’t Do Dumb Things
4. Eat Early, and Less Often
5. Let Food Be Thy Medicine
6. Supplement Your Nutrition
7. Get On Up!
8. Make Sleep Your Superpower
9. Mindfulness over Matter
10. Think and Grow Young
The Science and Technology of Growning Young 10-Day Longevity Challenge: A Step-by-Step Guide to Improving Your Longevity Habits
Acknowledgments
Notes
Index
About the Author
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