The US government is funding research to see if aging brain tissue can be replaced with new tissue, without replacing “you”.
https://www.technologyreview.com/2024/08/16/1096808/arpa-h-jean-hebert-wants-to-replace-your-brain/?
The US government is funding research to see if aging brain tissue can be replaced with new tissue, without replacing “you”.
https://www.technologyreview.com/2024/08/16/1096808/arpa-h-jean-hebert-wants-to-replace-your-brain/?
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The researcher in question is Jean Hébert, author of the [2020 book Replacing Aging](https://www.amazon.com/Replacing-Aging-Jean-H%C3%A9bert-Ph-D/dp/1513663763/ref=sr_1_1?crid=2GKNE9CVSRJ3K&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.igVVT5FS3HkQc9Cm8kK6IE-75oSYvesSe5UjC5R7NJeSxIdd2QF2bD5oSSsmRbTAGb3Zovt61gl42YWK0FotpW4dHNjW7YFn_k6JYWU0xwVZuVGqClJd22OcF1Kyj3mobJW-5z0CYwlYMvz4RuzNzSXcly9enlbb7UaDMweQUX3OslQvVvoW41xInkEG3nW0B2eshBllFuVSYy0qGzpx4siQclTwfWFj91wsaT9rXt8.2DswNkT4pNu9evI2fG6I_KjOn2tLNLTlaioRvsachKI&dib_tag=se&keywords=Replacing+Aging%2C&qid=1725618726&s=books&sprefix=replacing+aging%2C%2Cstripbooks-intl-ship%2C428&sr=1-1). He explicitly identifies as a transhumanist, and places all of his research work within that context, but it doesn’t say here exactly what work the US government is funding him to do at the moment.