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Co-founder and executive director of the Gerontology Research Group (1941–2014)
Leslie Stephen Coles (January 19, 1941 – December 3, 2014) was an American biogerontologist who was the co-founder and executive director of the
Gerontology Research Group
[1] where he conducted research on
supercentenarians
[2]
[3] and aging.
[4] He was also a visiting scholar in the computer science department at the
University of California, Los Angeles
[5] and an assistant researcher in the Department of Surgery, at the
David Geffen School of Medicine .
[1]
[6]
[7]
[8]
Coles was born on January 19, 1941, in
New York City . He received his
B.S. in
electrical engineering from
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in
Troy, New York , his
Master's in
mathematics from the
Carnegie Institute of Technology , and his
Ph.D. in systems and communication sciences from
Carnegie Mellon University .
[9] After obtaining his
M.D. at
Stanford University School of Medicine , Coles completed his clinical internship in
obstetrics and gynaecology at the
Jackson Memorial Hospital of the
Miller School of Medicine at the
University of Miami .
[10]
Coles was treasurer of the
Supercentenarian Research Foundation ,
[11] as well as co-founder and system administrator of the
Gerontology Research Group .
[12]
[13]
Coles died on December 3, 2014, in
Scottsdale, Arizona , of
pancreatic cancer .
[14] His brain was
cryonically preserved by
Alcor Life Extension Foundation as their 131st patient.
[15]
[16]
L. Stephen Coles (2011) Extraordinary Healing: How the discoveries of Mirko Beljanski, the world's first green molecular biologist, can protect and restore your health . Freedom Press, Topanga, California;
ISBN
9781893910898 .
[17]
L. Stephen Coles and David Steinman (1999) The IP-6 with Inositol Question and Answer Book: Nature's Ultimate Anti-Cancer Pill . Freedom Press, Topanga, California;
ISBN
9781893910003
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Zaslow, Jeffrey (February 28, 2005).
"Gerontology sleuths search for 'supercentenarians' " .
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette .
Wall Street Journal . Retrieved December 29, 2014 .
^ Inouye, Emily (June 9, 2004).
"Research group tracks oldest-living people" .
Daily Bruin . Retrieved December 29, 2014 .
^ O'Brien, Dennis (December 31, 2006).
"Researchers look for secrets of living to 100 and beyond" .
Baltimore Sun . Retrieved December 29, 2014 .
^ Wilson, Duff (April 15, 2007).
"Aging: Disease or Business Opportunity?" .
New York Times . Retrieved December 20, 2014 .
^
"Coles, L. Stephen" . UCLA. Retrieved 2007-10-31 .
^ Coles, L. Stephen; Los Angeles Gerontology Research Group (2006). "Validated Supercentenarian Cases Aged 114 and Above". Rejuvenation Research . 9 (4): 503–505.
doi :
10.1089/rej.2006.9.503 .
PMID
17105392 .
^ Coles, L. Stephen (June 2004). "Demographics of Human Supercentenarians and the Implications for Longevity Medicine". Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences . 1019 (1): 490–495.
Bibcode :
2004NYASA1019..490C .
doi :
10.1196/annals.1297.090 .
PMID
15247072 .
S2CID
40216761 .
^ Coles, L. Stephen (June 2004).
"Aging: The Reality" . The Journals of Gerontology: Series A . 59 (6): B579–B586.
doi :
10.1093/gerona/59.6.B579 .
PMID
15215268 . Archived from
the original on January 8, 2009. Retrieved December 29, 2014 .
^ Nilsson, Nils J. (2009).
The Quest for Artificial Intelligence . Cambridge University Press.
ISBN
978-0521116398 .
^ Glaser, Vicki (June 2013). "Interview with L. Stephen Coles, MD, PhD". Rejuvenation Research . 16 (3): 250–253.
doi :
10.1089/rej.2013.1444 .
PMID
23651414 .
^
"Supercentenarians: Scientists Seek Secret to Extra-Long Life" . Fox News . October 6, 2006. Retrieved December 30, 2014 .
^ Medina, Jennifer (January 30, 2007).
"In Connecticut, World's Oldest Woman Dies at 114" .
New York Times . Retrieved December 29, 2014 .
^
"About the Gerontology Research Group" . GRG.org. Archived from
the original on January 3, 2013. Retrieved February 22, 2013 .
^
"Researcher of oldest people dies at 73" .
Times Argus . December 5, 2014. Archived from
the original on December 8, 2014. Retrieved December 30, 2014 .
^ Chawkins, Steve (December 4, 2014).
"L. Stephen Coles dies at 73. studied extreme aging in humans" .
Los Angeles Times . Retrieved December 30, 2014 .
^
"Dr Stephen Coles Becomes Alcor's 131st Patient" . Alcor News . December 22, 2014. Retrieved December 29, 2014 .
^ Kouchner, Annie (January 20, 1996).
"14 ans d'intrigues à l'Élysée" . Le Point (in French). Retrieved August 11, 2010 .
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