What is the significance of 15 May to supporters of life extension?
Day of mourning
Metchnikoff Day
Day of fasting
Day of celebration
Answer
15 May is the date of the death of Élie Metchnikoff, who won the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1908 for his work on phagocytosis. Metchnikoff's work has been credited with inspiring the development of modern immunology and his ideas about the importance of the immune system in maintaining health have been influential in the development of the field of life extension.
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