Geneticists claim ageing breakthrough but immortality will have to wait

The Guardian (UK) ^ | November 18, 2005 | Ian Sample

[sourcery]

A genetic experiment to unlock the secrets of the ageing process has created organisms that live six times their usual lifespan, raising hopes that it might be possible to slow ageing in humans.

[sourcery]

ping

[Shanty Shaker]

As a lessor known philosopher once said "Life is the search to find that which will kill you."

[GregoTX]

They had better hurry ... I am not getting any younger

[Mr. Mojo]

I hear ya.

[varon]

They had better hurry ... I am not getting any younger

I hear ya. Hope they get it buttoned down before I enter the Viagra stage ;-)

[AntiGuv]

There was recently a thread on this, but I can't remember if it was the same article or not. BTW, Guardian does not need to be excerpted according to the list.

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[Fiddlstix]

As a lessor known philosopher once said "Life is the search to find that which will kill you."

LOL! I've found a bunch of stuff that'll kill me....
The miracle is.......
I ain't dead yet......
(It ain't like I haven't been workin' at it tho)
ROFL

[phantomworker]

Another article:

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1524427/posts?page=2#2

[PatrickHenry]

Earlier thread on this (different title): Study Challenges View on Aging Research [amazing implications].

[governsleastgovernsbest]

organisms that live six times their usual lifespan

[Banjoguy]

IMO, junk science...the restricted diet effect does not extend life under lab controlled conditions. Too much conjecture, not enough real info.

[AbeKrieger]

Let's get Stevens and Ginsburg off the court by '08 then shoot up all the replacements with some of this juice. Make life good for my grandchildren and beyond.

[azhenfud]

That face looks old enough to have already worn out a dozen bodies.

[CrazyIvan]

"I hear ya. Hope they get it buttoned down before I enter the Viagra stage ;-)"

Let's see.....I used know what that was for. I just can't seem to remember.

[strategofr]

"Scientists believe that drastically cutting calories triggers a switch in an organism's behaviour, from growing and being able to reproduce, to a state of stasis in which growth and ageing are put on hold at the expense of reproductive capability, until more food is available. Scientists are now trying to mimic the effect by tinkering with genes in the hope of developing anti-ageing treatments that work without having to cut food intake."

Sounds like you gain a longer life---by being less alive each day! I'll pass, thanks.

[RipSawyer]

That face looks old enough to have already worn out a dozen bodies.>>>>>>>>

That face doesn't look so exceptionally OLD to me, it just looks like something that would emerge from under a bridge in a horror movie.

[SunkenCiv]

Unfortunately, when perfected, the technique will allow a body to remain the age it already is. ;')

[sourcery]

it just looks like something that would emerge from under a bridge in a horror movie

But in this case, it wasn't a movie.