Advances in medical science to slow down the aging process?

Question

I mean with all the stuff they are doing now-a-days... Maybe one day we'll all get shots at age 20 to make us live an extra 50 years. Think it'll be possible one day.

I feel like a tard... lol

Answer 1

the signs of ageing are associated with a process called "telomeric degredation", where the telomeres are little structures located in every one of your body's cells. as we all know, cells divide & copy themselves throughout the life span, which is why we shed our old skin/hair etc, and it happens with internal cells as well. when cells divide, the little telomeres inside the cells are actively involved in this process, and after 50 or so years they get a bit tired of constantly dividing. the ends of the telomeres begin to break down, leading to signs of ageing like wrinkles (skin cell telomeres), slowing of the digestive processes (e.g. intestine cell telomeres), etc etc.

interestingly enough, this is why clones (like dolly the sheep) have shorter life spans than any other new born animal of the same age. the cells that were used to clone the animal have already experienced some telomeric degradation so even though the animal may be new born, it's cells are older and more "tired" than a regular new born.

so yes, scientists are working on ways to stop / slow down / reverse telomeric degredation in order to slow the aging process and increase our life spans. its all possible :-)

Answer 2

I wish that folks would do a little research and stop depending on what the government, the church, and movies tell them about Cloning Dolly the Sheep.  She did not die early nor was here chromosomes and cells somehow older than that of a normal sheep who came into the world in the usual fashion. Because the cell that was used in cloning Dolly was in the G0 phase at the time of cloning, and because of the reprogramming affect of egg cell cytoplasm, Dolly's telomeres were of a normal length at the time of her birth. She died six years later of a common sheep disease that other sheep were dying of at the same time. She had be bred and produced normal offspring. Now, how could that have happen had she had aged telomeres?

See: CLONING: The Road To Dolly, And The Path Ahead

by Gina Kolata

ISBN: 0-688-15692-4

Now, to your question: It makes no sense to me for researchers to study ways to keep the existing system alive. It would be far better to clone the individual and, if necessary, transfer their consciousness.

See: MURG

http://minduploading.org/murg.html

That may not even be a requirement. There is a quantum holographic aspect to conscious life. Something known as quantum mechanics and human twin studies suggest that as a cloned person matures, they and their genomic donor will become one and the same person. Two identical minds occupying two identical bodies, just one body far more delayed than the other. Cloning is the "natural" way for extending the useful human life span, in my opinion.

See: Human Cloning Commentary

http://www.reproductivecloning.net/open/...

Biosystems as conscious holograms

http://www.emergentmind.org/PDF_files.ht...

O.A.K. Embryonic Holography

http://www.geocities.com/nwbotanicals1/o...

Genetics and the Environment -- Twin Studies

http://www.libraryindex.com/pages/2233/G...

ANIMAL CLONING: The Science of Nuclear Transfer

by Joseph Panno, Ph.D

ISBN: 0-8166-0883-0

Answer 3

Look up Aubrey de Grey and his field of "Engineered Negligible Senescence".

He has identified 7 causes of ageing (cancer-causing nuclear mutations, mitochondrial mutations, intracellular aggregates, extracellular aggregates, cell loss, cell senescence, and extracellular crosslinking), and has proposed possible solutions to each one.

Answer 4

There was a Barbara Walter's special on ABC titled "Live to 150, Can You Do It?"  In it, they were speaking about techmology that will blow your mind.  You might be able to find some clips from the show on abc.com.  Dude, one scientist was saying he believes that eventually our kids will potentially be able to live for several hundred years.  That's right, SEVERAL.  I Tivo'd that show.  It was fascinating.  I bahleeeve 'em!  And you better too, dammit.  You got to think that these scientists want to keep living too, so they definitely got a big-*** bunsen burner under them to make it as soon as possible.  They'd be the baddest mofos on Earf'.  Start saving your money people.  Even if you are a tard, and I'm not saying you are, you'd be the tard... who's 150!!!!!!  Arrrrrrr arrrRRRHh(grunt primitively).