There was a new book recently published by Aubrey de Grey that questions the concept of aging as we know it. In a nutshell, here is what he is studying.....
Aging occurs as we lose cellular health, or the cells of our body are no longer able to reproduce new cells that work as efficiently as the old ones. There are 7 main factors, according to de Grey, that contribute to cellular health. In laymen's terms, one major factor is that there is "gunk" that accumulates in our cells over time which disrupt their ability to function optimally. So, I guess you could say the "gunk" eventually kills us. However, outside of our bodies there are known organisms that feed off of this "gunk." So, if you were to go to a cemetery the gunk is no more, because these organisms have feasted on it and eaten it all up (kinda like myself with a pint of ice cream). So, in order to live many, many, many years all we have to figure out how to do is introduce this organism into our living body to feast on this gunk.....and then we can live for say.....1000 years.
Ok, where do I sign up???
The Washington Post published an article about de Grey and his book "ENDING AGING" yesterday that you can link to here.
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Hmm... Interesting. Does he comment on telemere shortening? I was under the impression that a lot of aging was related to the shortening of our chromosomes over time.
Jodi
I'm not sure. I haven't read anything Aubrey's written, but from what I can tell his theories mostly involve free radical damage and how to reverse it.
That would put a strain on Social Security.
I think Kona Qualifiers would have to add many new Age groups.
If you decide to "Go Long" in life, don't have kids. Just adopt 5 or 6 generations.
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