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The New York Times recently had a feature about a young woman (Kim Suozzi) who knew she was dying of  brain cancer and opted for the faint hope of cryonics to freeze her brain to be revived at some future date when/if a cure for her disease is found. She's playing the odds. She had 0% chance of survival and a 1%-2% chance that her brain will be... Full Article
"The force that through the green fuse drives the flowerDrives my green age; that blasts the roots of treesIs my destroyer." - Dylan Thomas How does one balance the striving for a healthy, long-as-possible life, and the acceptance that the life force is transient and must be relinquished? In an era when DNA can be edited and replacement body parts... Full Article
Who controls our bodies in the face of terminal illness and suffering? The question raises many legal, social, religious, spiritual and moral issues.