Ep 8: Liz Parrish, Life Extension & Reversing the Aging Process

The Christian Transhumanist Podcast

In this episode, Micah Redding talks to Liz Parrish, the first human to be given gene therapy to reverse aging. Micah & Liz discuss risk-taking, the potential issues with life extension, and what happens if this treatment becomes available to the world.

• The Transhuman Visions conference where Micah and Liz met
• Childhood illnesses and how Liz got into this pursuit
• How genetic therapy works, how they deliver the treatment (AAV), and her specific treatments for Myostatins and Telomeres
• How a lot of specific diseases may simply be symptoms of aging
• What happens if something goes horribly, horribly wrong
• Risk-taking, and why it's better not knowing how you're going to die
• The normal way to die is before the age of 35, with an infectious disease. But we no longer die normally.
• 85% of individual's lifetime healthcare is now spent on their final diagnosis
• Will this be available only for the ultra-wealthy?
• Elysium, vampires, and Isaiah 65
• What 1960s supercomputers and iPhones tell us about gene therapy
• Economies are built on lifespan
• Religious people are the original immortalists
• How the pursuit of science is similar to a religious drive
• Other things BioViva is working on
• Liz Parrish's AMA
• Other articles 1 2 about Liz Parrish
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