Tuesday, April 14, 2015

Will we ever see a 200-year-old human?

Chuck Bednar for redOrbit.com - @BednarChuck From legends of the Fountain of Youth to classic comedy skits about people who have lived for more than two millennia, age has long captured the imagination of people all over the world who wonder just how far science may one day be able to stretch the limits of longevity. Following last week’s death of 116-year-old Arkansas native Gertrude Weaver (who briefly was the world’s oldest living person), Discovery News posed the question, “given new kinds of drugs and technology, can we push the limits of human lifespan beyond 130, to even 200 years?” Technology might keep us alive for even 1,000 years According to the website, Aubrey de Grey, editor-in-chief of the academic journal Rejuvenation Research and Chief Science Officer of the SENS Research Foundation, claims that by finding a cure for a handful of diseases and developing new treatments for aging, we could one day wind up with humans who live for upwards of 1,000 years. De Grey, who received his Ph.D. in Biology from the University of Cambridge and who is a fellow of the Gerontological Society of America and the American Aging Association, and his SENS colleagues explain on their website that they not only fund studies on aging, but also conduct experiments of their own at their California-based research center, fund researchers through educational grants, and host conferences to discuss medical issues.



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