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Would YOU choose to live forever? Age-reversing pill Nasa wants to give to astronauts on Mars...
The London Daily Mail ^ | March 23, 2017 | Harry Pettit

Posted on 03/23/2017 4:36:51 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet

Scientists have made a discovery that could lead to a revolutionary drug that actually reverses ageing.

The drug could help damaged DNA to miraculously repair and even protect Nasa astronauts on Mars by protecting them from solar radiation.

A team of researchers developed the drug after discovering a key signalling process in DNA repair and cell ageing.

During trials on mice, the team found that the drug directly repaired DNA damage caused by radiation exposure or old age.

'The cells of the old mice were indistinguishable from the young mice after just one week of treatment,' said lead author Professor David Sinclair.

Human trials of the pill will begin within six months....

(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...


TOPICS: Chit/Chat; Health/Medicine; Science; Society
KEYWORDS: ageing; dna; longevity; repairdna; reverseaging; science; space
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1 posted on 03/23/2017 4:36:51 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
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I would choose to live forever. Imagine what it might have been like to live in any of the world renowned cities from the time they were horse stables and watch them grow to become metropolises.


2 posted on 03/23/2017 4:39:37 PM PDT by Jonty30 (What Islam and secularism have in common is that they are both death cults)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Well, since I know there is an Afterlife ( NDE and other evidence) I would have to be insane to remain alive.


3 posted on 03/23/2017 4:40:43 PM PDT by heights
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

No such thing. Temporary repair of DNA can only extend life, not create immortality.

It’ll be like Bilbo Baggins’ feeling after the One Ring extended his life: you’ll feel “thin, sort of stretched, like (too little) butter scraped over too much bread”.


4 posted on 03/23/2017 4:41:03 PM PDT by Olog-hai
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

I think I remember a TV series called “The Highlander.” People who (almost) lived forever.


5 posted on 03/23/2017 4:41:42 PM PDT by ducttape45 (Every Saint has a past, Every Sinner has a Future!)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Christ solved it, just a question of accepting it.


6 posted on 03/23/2017 4:42:08 PM PDT by Fungi (Five genera of fungi are responsible for 90% of all inhaled fungi. Breathing is not healthy.)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

If I could maintain my looks, yes.

The minute I go sea hag, I’m doing a Thelma and Louise.


7 posted on 03/23/2017 4:42:12 PM PDT by mom4melody (,)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Such a thing will never happen.
Longer lives, probably.
Forever, never.


8 posted on 03/23/2017 4:42:32 PM PDT by CaptainK (...please make it stop. Shake a can of pennies at it.)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Already have chosen to live forever. Eternal life? Check.


9 posted on 03/23/2017 4:43:12 PM PDT by nickedknack (Sump'n ain't rat cheer)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

What’s the downside?

Dorian Gray?

Dracula?

Your wife lives forever too but turns into Hillary?


10 posted on 03/23/2017 4:43:14 PM PDT by Pollster1 ("Governments derive their just powers from the consent of the governed")
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

There’s a range between fourscore and ten and forever.

Wouldn’t it be nice to (using a phrase of Aragorn’s from Lord of the Rings) be able to give back the gift at an appropriate time of your choosing?


11 posted on 03/23/2017 4:46:09 PM PDT by Pearls Before Swine
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To: heights

Soros, the Clintons, and Obama would be insane not to take the pill and forestall Judgement as long as possible.


12 posted on 03/23/2017 4:46:16 PM PDT by PTBAA
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To: Fungi

Eternal life offered by anyone other than Christ is a satanic deception and is a guarantee of eternal torment.


13 posted on 03/23/2017 4:47:28 PM PDT by Reverend Wright (the snowflakes are having a meltdown !)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

We just want to cure for cancer released.


14 posted on 03/23/2017 4:48:48 PM PDT by Crash Fistfight
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To: ducttape45

People will go thinking they’ll get Highlander but they may discover its Highlander 2 ....


15 posted on 03/23/2017 4:49:32 PM PDT by Rurudyne (Standup Philosopher)
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Assuming the pills only had a limited term effect and would have to be taken in regular doses to prolong a person’s lifespan, I’d consider it. But what if a person ran out of pills? Would the years catch up at an accelerated rate or would they simply pick up where the pause left off?

And could I still retire at age 65 or 67 and collect benefits even if I’m going to live a hundred years beyond that?


16 posted on 03/23/2017 4:49:56 PM PDT by Two Kids' Dad (((( Make America America Again ))))
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Just what we need. A pill to keep John McCain around for another thirty years?

At least the averages will work out. The increased early deaths by suicide over the thoughts of Nancy Pelosi and her pals never going away should more than make up for any gains.

17 posted on 03/23/2017 4:50:08 PM PDT by blackdog
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To: Jonty30
Imagine what it might have been like to live in any of the world renowned cities from the time they were horse stables and watch them grow to become metropolises.

And in the case of Detroit, watch it turn back into a horse stable. :)

18 posted on 03/23/2017 4:50:55 PM PDT by Mr. Jeeves ([CTRL]-[GALT]-[DELETE])
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To: ducttape45

There can only be ONE!


19 posted on 03/23/2017 4:51:59 PM PDT by BipolarBob (I just got done celebrating Black History Month. Obama and Kaepernick are both history. Hurray!)
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To: blackdog

Live forever in this world? Not in its current state. I do, however, intend to live here forever after the Lord has regenerated it. Someone already bought my ticket for me.


20 posted on 03/23/2017 4:52:49 PM PDT by freepertoo
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