Posted on 03/16/2006 7:13:51 PM PST by Petronski
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Translated into humans, that would mean average life expectancy in rich countries rising from near 80 to 112 years, with many individuals living a lot longer.
Aubrey de Grey, a biomedical gerontologist from Cambridge University, goes much further. He believes the first person to live to 1,000 has already been born and told the meeting that periodic repairs to the body using stem cells, gene therapy and other techniques could eventually stop the aging process entirely.
De Grey argues that if each repair lasts 30 or 40 years, science will advance enough by the next "service" date that death can be put off indefinitely - a process he calls strategies for engineered negligible senescence.
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The Golden Girls were spring chickens for this crowd.
Nobody in Minnesota would want to live to be a 1000. Can you imagine 1000 years without a single Super Bowl victory?
LOL
The final score in Super Bowl M:
Bombay 41
Minnesota 5
Or 1000 Minnesota winters???
I'm looking to do this in a more natural way. I suppose stem cells and gene therapy could be useful for someone who is sick. However, I have as a personal goal 150 years.
That would be what: 50,000 Friday Silliness Threads?
You know me baby: anything past 80 is pure gravy. ;OD
Of course if I could stay away from the gravy, I might live to a hundred and ten.
I don't understand genes, but I had an Uncle who lived to be 113. His sons are still alive, one is 104 and the other turns 100 this year. (He won an Academy Award this year!) It's crazy.
So I am still a teenager!
Who knew!
LOL!!! Well I know you like to partake of the adult beverages so in the interest of FULL disclosure...My grandfather takes a nip of rum every day to help him get up the tree to pick his mangoes.
Looks like you're in it for the long haul then. Someday after I'm gone, maybe you and my beloved can play pinochle down at the home. ;O)
I bet the Good Doctor has a clue (he said, with a bawdy wink).
That's my Dad's side...unfortunately, I think my Mom's side has trumped my chances of an extremely long life.
Absolutely. He knows he has a brat on his hands...lol.
Trumped?
Excellent play!
Remember our deal......
Which one? I'll keep all of them!
Raise the voting age to about 40 and you got a deal.
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