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From: "John de Rivaz" <>
Subject: Longevity Report 82
Date: Mon, 19 Mar 2001 11:47:37 -0000

I have (again belatedly) put Longevity Report 82 up on the Web.
http://www.geocities.com/longevityrpt/lr82.htm

As usual, some of the articles have been gleaned from various newsgroups and
email lists, but this time there are some original and new articles.

A Note on Patents Michael LaTorra
It is an oft repeated mantra of those enthused with alternative ideas of
health care that there is something evil about the way pharmaceutical
research is funded. However no one seems to have come up with a more
efficient method of funding pharmaceutical research than the present one. By
the use of patents, research is paid for by those who use the products in
the first 20 years since they appear on the market. Here Michael LaTorra
gives a succinct description of the process.

35th Update to Fly Longevity Experiments Douglas Skrecky

My Appeal to Cryonicists Dr. Yuri Pichugin

Since 1970, when I was university freshman, I have been interested in the
subject of death vs. immortality, not only as it relates to biology and
medicine but also to philosophy, psychology and religion. Here I would like
to share my thoughts with people who are interested in this topic as well. I
have lived the main part of my life under the Soviet totalitarian system,
which has left its imprint on my outlook. So perhaps I interpret some things
differently than someone from a democratic country.

Gender Specific Effects of Early-Life Events on Adult Lifespan Leonid A.
Gavrilov at al

The idea of fetal origins of adult degenerative diseases and early-life
programming of late-life health and survival is being actively discussed in
the scientific literature. Can this new fascinating concept also be useful
to understand (at least partially) the observed sex disparities in adult
health and longevity? Are the long-lasting effects of early-life conditions
identical for both sexes, or, on the contrary, they are sex-specific?

In this study we found that sex differences in adult life span are modulated
by early-life events and conditions. Specifically, we found that such
variables as

father's age at person's conception,
maternal lifespan
month of birth,
birth order (first-born status)

Religion is Not the Enemy of Immortalism and Cryonics Robert Ettinger


As Others See Us Gerald England

(review of Longevity Report)


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Sincerely, John de Rivaz
my homepage links to Longevity Report, Fractal Report, music, Inventors'
report, an autobio and various other projects:
http://www.geocities.com/longevityrpt
http://www.autopsychoice.com - should you be able to chose autopsy?

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