Sufficient, Sustainable Lifespan for All: Responsible Biotechnology and ELCA Social Thought
January 2008 (Volume 8 Issue 1)
Life-Extension: Past, Present, and Future [1] At the beginning of the 20th century, the average life expectancy in the United States was 48 years. One hundred years later, it is 78. This change came from public health gains: sanitation, diet, immunization, antibiotics. Americans did not decide in 1900 to pursue 30 more years on Earth. […]