Research Fellow in Biomedical Ethics, The University of Melbourne
Christopher Gyngell is a Research Fellow in Biomedical Ethics at the Murdoch Children’s Research Institute and University of Melbourne. His research interests lie primarily in the ethical implications of biotechnologies and the philosophy of health and disease. Chris was previously a Marie Sklodowska-Curie Fellow at the University of Oxford. Chris was awarded his PhD in Philosophy from the Australian National University in 2015. Before undertaking his PhD, Chris completed a Master’s degree in Applied Ethics and an honours degree in Genetics.
The rich are pouring millions into life extension research – but does it have any ethical value?
Apr 11, 2023 11:12 am UTC| Health Insights & Views
Sam Altman, the chief executive of OpenAI, recently invested US$180 million into Retro Biosciences a company seeking to extend human lifespans by ten healthy years. One way it plans to achieve this is by rejuvenating...