AP Expo 2011 Presentation Mr. Niro's AP Chemistry Class

1. By Justin Miller The Fountain of Youth: The Quest for Biological Immortality

7. Male Life Expectancy

8. Female Life Expectancy

9. Historical Human Lifespan Unfortunately, such measures of average lifespan depend heavily on infant mortality and do not reflect the typical age of death for a fully grown adult. Also, contemporary methods of information collection may have varied enough among periods to produce significant discrepancies. 67.2 Current World Average 30-45 Early 20 th Century 15-30 Early Modern Britain 30 Medieval Britain 35+ Medieval Islamic Caliphate 25-30 Pre-Columbian North America 28 Classical Rome 28 Classical Greece 26 Bronze and Iron Age 20 Neolithic 33 Upper Paleolithic Life Expectancy at Birth (years) Era

15. Tardigrade, colloquially known as a water bear A hydra, a member of the phylum Cnidaria

22. Survival Percentage

28. 18-carbon ALA 20-carbon EPA 22-carbon DHA

30. “ GloFish” were the first pet to be created through genetic engineering. These mice have had their genes modified to produce a desired fur monocolor or mosaic.

32. What will perhaps one day be considered a primitive negative genetic engineering technique.

36. Dr. James M. Wilson, whose academic misconduct led to the death of Jesse Gelsinger, still teaches as an honored professor at the University of Pennsylvania.