Aubrey de Grey

Ageing is, simply and clearly, the accumulation of damage in the body. That's all that ageing is.

— Aubrey de Grey

I'm the chief science officer of a foundation that works on the application of regenerative medicine to the problem of aging.

— Aubrey de Grey

I think it's reasonable to suppose that one could oscillate between being biologically 20 and biologically 25 indefinitely.

— Aubrey de Grey

If changing our world is playing God, it is just one more way in which God made us in His image.

— Aubrey de Grey

Celebrating the future is about celebrating a better world: a world in which everyone's life is easier and their health is maintained…

— Aubrey de Grey

Basically, the body does have a vast amount of inbuilt anti-ageing machinery; it's just not 100% comprehensive, so it allows a small…

— Aubrey de Grey

In the eye, there is a type of junk that accumulates in the back of the retina that eventually causes us to…

— Aubrey de Grey

The aim is to postpone frailty, postpone degenerative disease, debilitation and so on and thereby shorten the period at the end of…

— Aubrey de Grey

What I actually wanted to do with my life is make a difference to the world. That led me into science very…

— Aubrey de Grey

What I'm after is not living to 1,000. I'm after letting people avoid death for as long as they want to.

— Aubrey de Grey

Wikipedia was a big help for science, especially science communication, and it shows no sign of diminishing in importance.

— Aubrey de Grey

There's nothing wrong with making the best of one's declining years, but what does annoy me is the fatalism. Now that we're…

— Aubrey de Grey

Most scientists will get serious media exposure about twice in their entire career. And they'll get that because they've actually done an…

— Aubrey de Grey

We've spent the last few millennia aware that senescence is horrible but knowing nevertheless that it's inevitable. We've had to find some…

— Aubrey de Grey

The only difference between my work and the work of the whole medical profession is that I think we're in striking distance…

— Aubrey de Grey

There is no difference between saving lives and extending lives, because in both cases we are giving people the chance of more…

— Aubrey de Grey

The biggest handicap in research is an ability to think outside the box. The handicap is being encumbered by all the conventional…

— Aubrey de Grey

It's not just about life, of course; it's about healthy life. Getting frail and miserable and dependent is no fun, whether or…

— Aubrey de Grey

Ever since we invented fire and the wheel, we've been demonstrating both our ability and our inherent desire to fix things that…

— Aubrey de Grey

I don't work on longevity, I work on keeping people healthy.

— Aubrey de Grey

The scientific method actually correctly uses the most direct evidence as the most reliable, because that's the way you are least likely…

— Aubrey de Grey

It has always appalled me that really bright scientists almost all work in the most competitive fields, the ones in which they…

— Aubrey de Grey

The whole point of cryopreserving only one's head is based on the idea that one can simply grow in the laboratory an…

— Aubrey de Grey

“Don’t cling to a mistake just because you spent a lot of time making it.”

— Aubrey de Grey

I don't often meet people who want to suffer cardiovascular disease or whatever, and we get those things as a result of…

— Aubrey de Grey