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December 08, 2010President for Life, and Then Some
Joseph Hammond reports that Kazakhstan's President for Life wants an extended term:
[Nursultan] Nazarbaev has repeatedly used his post as president to call for renewed research into medical immortality, most recently in a speech to students marking the opening of Nazarbaev University in Astana.Nazarbaev spoke of the need for research on a number of topics: "rejuvenation of the organism…the human genome...production of human tissue...the creation of gene-based medicines."
“As for the medicine of the future, people of my age are really hoping all of this will happen as soon as possible," Nazarbaev quipped.
(AP Photo)
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