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"then we'd have cellular immortality. You could still die from accidents, disease, homicide, but not from ageing."

Is death from "aging" a medically recognized cause of death? I thought people died from things like heart attacks, cerebral hemmorages, etc.

"If only someone like Bill Gates or Mark Zuckerberg were willing to throw a billion or $10 billion to answer this question."

Google's way ahead of you. They have an anti-aging startup.[1] I'd be curious to find out if the fruits of their research will be available to the general public or only Google employees.

[1] - http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2014/09/03/googles-anti-aging-...




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