Russian plan for immortality [link]

http://​​www.cbc.ca/​​news/​​yourcommunity/​​2012/​​07/​​human-immortality-could-be-possible-by-2045-say-russian-scientists.html

The nice thing about Russians (I’m from that neighborhood originally) is that they are absolutely crazy and will try just about anything. They also probably have/​had second-best science culture behind US (though they suffered significant brain drain as huge numbers of educated Jews left in the last 25 years). They have less regulation and quite a few rich people with ideas. Seems like a worthwhile group to keep in touch with.