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PayPal founder, Peter A. Thiel backs research on anti-aging. Scientist says humans could live indefinitely

September 18, 2006 /

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A controversial scientist who hopes to help humans live for thousands of years has received a multimillion-dollar grant from a Bay Area entrepreneur.

Peter A. Thiel, co-founder and former chief executive officer of the online payments system PayPal, announced Saturday he is pledging $3.5 million "to support scientific research into the alleviation and eventual reversal of the debilities caused by aging."

The recipient will be the Methuselah Foundation, a Springfield, Va., nonprofit started and run by the most colorful scientist in aging research: Aubrey de Grey, a 43-year-old English researcher who says he hopes to "radically postpone aging, giving indefinite life spans."

In short, de Grey’s thesis is that there are seven main causes of aging, and that if those can be licked, then people could live indefinitely.

Keay Davidson, Chronicle Science Writer

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