The events of September 11 2001 have brought us all closer to our own mortality. For all of those that perished in that terrible tragedy our our thoughts are with you and your families. For those that live on, our heightened awareness of how precious life is will always be a memorial to you.

With that in mind, we realize that we are at the threshold of a new era, a new age. By this we are not referring to future exploits in space. Nor are we thinking of the coming marvels in computers. Rather, what we see before us is much more astounding than almost anything you can imagine. And more important.

What lies before us nothing short of a revolution. We are now at the threshold of halting, and even reversing the aging process. We are at the point where we can now slow down and, in some areas, turn back the clock.

As important as discoveries in space travel or computers may be, there are none that can compare to the revolution taking place in the field of anti-aging. We may, in the future, marvel at rockets going to Mars, or look wide-eyed with wonder at computers operating entire factories, but if we are bedridden with age, stuck in a wheelchair with decaying bones, or hobbling painfully on two canes, all of these marvels will lose their luster. For who amongst us, as we reach our declining years would not trade any of these marvels for the chance to walk as sprightly at 80 as we did at 40? To maintain a lean and muscled body into what was formerly thought of as "old age"?

Of course, to the 20 year olds of today, this prospect is not such a big deal. They, like ourselves at 20, feel they will live forever. But at 40 or 50, this outlook will change. Once the middle age decline sets in, they will then come to value most highly this revolution in anti-aging therapies.

And revolutionary these new therapies are.