The Oxford University Scientific Society is hosting a debate on Wednesday, April 25th, 2012.  Dr. Aubrey de Grey will propose the motion "This house wants to defeat ageing entirely" and Professor Colin Blakemore will be opposing. The debate will be chaired and moderated by Professor Sir Richard Peto. This debate will address whether it is feasible and appropriate to consider aging as a target of decisive medical intervention, raising the possibility of substantial extension of human lifespan.

Aubrey de Grey is currently Chief Science Officer of SENS Foundation, a biomedical research charity that aims to promote research into rejuvenation biotechnologies that address the diseases and disabilities of aging. SENS Foundation aims to bring aging under comprehensive medical control. Its research agenda consists of the application of regenerative medicine to ageing - not merely slowing the aging clock, but resetting it to early adulthood. 

Prof. Colin Blakemore is Professor of Neuroscience at the University of Oxford and an expert in vision, development of the brain and neurodegenerative disease. He is active in communication of science and is president and adviser to several charities concerned with brain disorders.  Blakemore was formerly Chief Executive of the Medical Research Council, the UK's largest public funder of biomedical research.  

The event will be moderated by Professor Sir Richard Peto, Professor of Medical Statistics and Epidemiology at the University of Oxford, and an expert on the hazards of smoking.

The Oxford University Scientific Society is a student society that aims to disseminate science research and to promote scientific discussions.

The debate will begin at 7 p.m. local time (11 a.m. Pacific, 2 p.m. Eastern) in the University of Oxford's Sheldonian Theatre; doors open 45 minutes earlier.

For more information on the debate, visit the OUSS website