Life extension terminology

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Life extension terminology covers the broad range of terms that may be used to discuss a range of life extension technologies in different contexts.

Subculture terms

Such terms have limited utility outside such a context.

Transhumanist

A common transhumanist context will focus on radical modification technologies both current, emerging and hypothetical. These may include:

Life extension

The life extension and it followers often use enthusiastic jargon relatively inaccessible to the mainstream.

Scientific terms

Mainstream terms

The International Society on Aging and Disease uses the slogan:

Promoting biomedical research of ageing and ageing-related diseases to improve health and longevity of the elderly population[4]

References

  1. Rejuvenation Research
  2. Regenerative Medicine Comes of Age
  3. Wikipedia:Geroscience
  4. The Critical Need to Promote Research of Aging and Aging-related Diseases to Improve Health and Longevity of the Elderly Population