President for Life, and Then Some

By Greg Scoblete
December 08, 2010

Nursultan's fountain of youth

Joseph Hammond reports that Kazakhstan's President for Life wants an extended term:

'[Nursultan] Nazarbaev has repeatedly used his post as president to call for renewed research into medical immortality, most recently in a speech to students marking the opening of Nazarbaev University in Astana.

Nazarbaev spoke of the need for research on a number of topics: "rejuvenation of the organismâ?¦the human genome...production of human tissue...the creation of gene-based medicines."

â??As for the medicine of the future, people of my age are really hoping all of this will happen as soon as possible," Nazarbaev quipped.

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(AP Photo)

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