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ARPA-H hires Jean Hébert for $110M project to defeat death by replacing human brain
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August 19, 2024
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1. ARPA-H hires Jean Hébert for $110M project to defeat death by replacing human brain
The Replacing Aging strategy involves creating whole organs and replacing them.
Because the brain contains the person’s identity, it has to be replaced piece-by-piece, to avoid memory/identity loss.
2020: Hébert wrote the Replacing Aging book on the subject.
Initial experiments involved injecting embryonic cells in mice.
$1.5B: annual budget of ARPA-H.
Stroke victims, Alzheimer’s patients may be targeted by new project initially.
Watch below a video of Jean Hébert explaining his brain replacement strategy
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