*I [...] disagree. [...] it is uncertainty, pain and infirmity I am afraid of, n...

I [...] disagree. [...] it is uncertainty, pain and infirmity I am afraid of, not death. [...] We don't need a war on aging, we need a war on suffering.

You don't think it is possible to be aged (senesced), but not dead? http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=466749

Could you call your war on suffering, a war on senescence? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Senescence