[ExI] Should the US fund life-extension research?

[estropico]

If you think it's a good idea to fund life-extension research, please
sign this petition on the White House website:

https://wwws.whitehouse.gov/petitions/!/petition/include-funding-next-fiscal-budget-life-extension-researchit-idea-whose-time-has-come/w8KnYT69?utm_source=wh.gov&utm_medium=shorturl&utm_campaign=shorturl

It's an initiative of the Coalition to Extend Life
(coalitiontoextendlife.org), the people behind another recent petition
on the same subject that was very successful on sciencedebate.org:

http://questions.sciencedebate.org/forums/149344-the-top-science-questions-facing-america-2012-edi/suggestions/2693427-should-the-united-states-fund-a-war-on-aging-

The White House petition needs about 150 signatures to be put on the
"front page" (about half way there right now) and 25000 to be
submitted to Obama (non-US citizens can sign it too).

Spread the word! :-)

Cheers,
Fabio (apologies should this have been mentioned here already)

We petition the obama administration to:

include funding in the next fiscal budget for "life extension
research." It is an idea whose time has come!!!

Slowly but surely,scientists,doctors and other researchers are
beginning to understand why people age and die.Today,236 years after
America's founders wisely chose,"life"as the first unalienable right
mentioned in the Declaration of Independence we are beginning to see
progress in understanding why we age and die after a short period of
time.

Seminal research is underway which may produce dramatic life extension
in humans.Support for these and other life extension measures must
become a fiscal priority in this great country.

In fact,the political leaders in our country should make,"indefinite
life extension"an issue that can bring us together as one nation
pursuing the most profound undertaking in the history of the
world,"INDEFINITE LIFE EXTENSION"
Created: Jun 20, 2012