Un rêve de jeunesse éternelle. Voilà la vision d’Altos Labs, cette startup créatrice d’une technologie qui serait capable de rajeunir les cellules et de prétendre à une forme d’immortalité. Elle compte dans son équipe des ténors de la génétique et pas moins de deux prix Nobel. Un rêve à trois
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PlusAmerican scientists claim to be on the verge of reversing the aging mechanism. They have just revealed a crucial stage in the catalytic cycle of an enzyme, telomerase. Telomerase holds the key to delaying or even reversing the cellular aging process. The understanding of this mechanism has remained until today
PlusBetween the hope of immortality and the inevitability of mortality, humans have always sought to counter the aging and defect of functional parts of their bodies. Thus, the myth of Prometheus shows that the ancient Greeks were already aware of the potential of certain parts of the body to repair themselves.
PlusMaking the history of immortality feeds the paradox: if immortality were effective, it would not be subject to any historicity. History, process, evolution: so many notions contrary to immortality. It is obviously not a question here of immortality - about which we know nothing - but of the thought of immortality.
PlusEternal life is mankind's oldest dream. A dream that could come true. Today, in the West, the quest for immortality has moved from a metaphysical question to technical and scientific considerations. In this film, the investigation focuses on the progress of laboratory research around the world.
PlusIn less than fifteen years, the prophecies of those who foretell the victory over death and the triumph of a non-biological life form are likely to be fulfilled. Google's slogan "we're going to kill death" is not just an advertising slogan. For unbridled technology is moving inexorably towards the
PlusThe Ministry of the Environment opened its doors last night to two sacred monsters of philosophy: Edgar Morin and Patrick Viveret. In a debate moderated by Gilles Bœuf, professor at the Collège de France, and punctuated by the charm of the young playwright David Wahl, only one question was asked: "Is the man
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