Scientist claims immortality within reach

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Posted: 7/4/2015 12:17:07 PM EDT

A visiting American research scientist says he is close to discovering a 'cure' for ageing, that he could have a drug ready for testing by the end of next year.
Molecular Biologist Dr Bill Andrews told TV ONE's SUNDAY programme that humans shouldn't have to suffer from the ravages of ageing. He says that ageing is a disease that should, and could be cured.

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m.tvnz.co.nz/news/national/6352840

Posted: 7/4/2015 12:19:56 PM EDT

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I AM LEGEND!

Posted: 7/4/2015 12:23:18 PM EDT

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Can you say "population bomb" ?

Posted: 7/4/2015 12:28:07 PM EDT

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A visiting American research scientist says he is close to discovering a 'cure' for ageing, that he could have a drug ready for testing by the end of next year.
Molecular Biologist Dr Bill Andrews told TV ONE's SUNDAY programme that humans shouldn't have to suffer from the ravages of ageing. He says that ageing is a disease that should, and could be cured.

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You know when they lost credibility? Somewhere between the "G" and "I" in "ageing"

Posted: 7/4/2015 12:28:46 PM EDT

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You might be closer to the truth than the doc in that article.

Posted: 7/4/2015 12:31:11 PM EDT

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I would be down for immortality or at least a few hundred more years and the choice of dieing when Im ready.
Less than 100 years on this awesome planet seems so short.
Being able to explore more,settle in new areas for awhile without feeling any time constraints to move on before you are to infirm to do so,unlimited adventures and learning opportunities,doubly so if you could keep your body during its prime and your mind at its peak.

Of course there would be down sides. A lot more time to go through episodes of heartbreak and failures, periods of what probably feels like endless work.

Posted: 7/4/2015 12:31:44 PM EDT

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Yes, and I'm all for it. We've known for awhile that it was possible to stop the destruction of DNA and that it can even be repaired.

We could be living like the Elves from Lord of the Rings. You can still be killed in a car accident or something, but you wont die from aging.

I think at some point, you'll probably decide to die on your own terms. No one would really want to live forever.

Posted: 7/4/2015 12:32:09 PM EDT

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Not sure I want to live forever, but it would sure be nice to be healthy as I was when I was 30 right up to the point I keel over.

Posted: 7/4/2015 12:33:46 PM EDT

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It has always been within reach and didn't take a scientist to figure it out. Read the Bible. Just simply accept Jesus as Lord and Savior of you life and you will live for eternity.

Posted: 7/4/2015 12:35:37 PM EDT

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Being able to explore more,settle in new areas for awhile without feeling any time constraints to move on before you are to infirm to do so,unlimited adventures and learning opportunities,doubly so if you could keep your body during its prime and your mind at its peak.

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That would be the nice thing, being able to visit all the neat and interesting places around the world, versus most people not having enough time to do it today.

Posted: 7/4/2015 12:36:50 PM EDT

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Just the thought makes me tired. When will the new social security benefits kick in? 150? 400?

Posted: 7/4/2015 12:36:51 PM EDT

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For reals?

Posted: 7/4/2015 12:39:12 PM EDT

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I'm sure it will only be available to the elite.

Posted: 7/4/2015 12:40:25 PM EDT

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His research must be running out of funding pretty soon. Usually, these breakthroughs "are twenty years out."

Posted: 7/4/2015 12:41:10 PM EDT

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As I recall, in the Bible, there is an account of a thing that grew on a tree that a human could eat and he would live forever. Not magic, just something that grew on a tree.

Posted: 7/4/2015 12:41:31 PM EDT

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That would start some kind of riot.

Posted: 7/4/2015 12:42:01 PM EDT

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Hope it's expensive.

Poor people living forever would suck.

Posted: 7/4/2015 12:42:44 PM EDT

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Who the fuck would want to stay on this smelly shithole of a planet any longer than they have to?

Posted: 7/4/2015 12:43:04 PM EDT

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Do we really want immortal politicians?

Tomac

Posted: 7/4/2015 12:43:40 PM EDT

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That would start some kind of riot.

A geriatric riot....it staggers the imagination.

Posted: 7/4/2015 12:44:57 PM EDT

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I guess ill start looking for girls with green eyes..

Posted: 7/4/2015 12:46:28 PM EDT

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Yes, I'm sure that SCOTUSCARE will cover it too.

They will find it and report to the surfs that it was a failure, but rest assured the rich and powerful will have access.

It will be their version of "going Gault".

Hmm. Maybe thats why the repubes are getting on board with the dim on everything.

Posted: 7/4/2015 12:48:00 PM EDT

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[facepalm]

Posted: 7/4/2015 12:50:30 PM EDT

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http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1617661/

Posted: 7/4/2015 12:51:20 PM EDT

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I'm sure it will only be available to the elite.

That would start some kind of riot.

Nah, there would just be a black market and widespread non-compliance with the law on a scale that would dwarf the prohibition era.

Posted: 7/4/2015 12:52:04 PM EDT

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Yes, I'm sure that SCOTUSCARE will cover it too.

They will find it and report to the surfs that it was a failure, but rest assured the rich and powerful will have access.

It will be their version of "going Gault".

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Do we really want immortal politicians?

Tomac

Yes, I'm sure that SCOTUSCARE will cover it too.

They will find it and report to the surfs that it was a failure, but rest assured the rich and powerful will have access.

It will be their version of "going Gault".

Can only the rich and powerful get access to heroin?

Posted: 7/4/2015 12:54:02 PM EDT

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I'm so old I recognize where that came from.

Posted: 7/4/2015 12:54:54 PM EDT

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Not sure I want to live forever, but it would sure be nice to be healthy as I was when I was 30 right up to the point I keel over.

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This. No desire to "live forever" but would like to be as healthy as possible right up until the end. As long as "healthy" allows plenty of good eats and drinks.

I find it amusing so many here want to live some extended length of time, yet are posting in the threads that "it's all over" and "don't want to live here anymore" from all the recent stupidity from the SCOTUS and SJWs.

Posted: 7/4/2015 12:55:13 PM EDT

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no worries, war will take care of that.

Posted: 7/4/2015 12:55:42 PM EDT

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So, how long does social security stay solvent when the expected life span becomes indefinite and congress STILL won't raise the retirement age?

Posted: 7/4/2015 12:56:32 PM EDT

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I don't want to be a vampire.

Posted: 7/4/2015 12:58:15 PM EDT

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Progressive heads would explode.

Posted: 7/4/2015 12:58:49 PM EDT

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Great. Another 100 years of working.

Posted: 7/4/2015 12:58:55 PM EDT

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I think I'd be good with a 250 or 300 year run at things.

Posted: 7/4/2015 1:00:00 PM EDT

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I don't know if there would be a greater curse than immortality. ..

Posted: 7/4/2015 1:01:22 PM EDT

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I have been hearing this for 30 years.

Posted: 7/4/2015 1:02:32 PM EDT

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No thanks

Posted: 7/4/2015 1:02:39 PM EDT

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When it happens, we will never hear of it.

Posted: 7/4/2015 1:03:07 PM EDT

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Science claims a lot of things, anthropogenic global warming, for example.

Posted: 7/4/2015 1:03:31 PM EDT

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Immortality might get boring but I'll take forever young. Getting old sucks.

Posted: 7/4/2015 1:05:06 PM EDT

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"Out Of Time"

Posted: 7/4/2015 1:06:14 PM EDT

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This.

I'll be content with the century or so I have allotted to me, but I'd like to be healthy and active till the end.

Posted: 7/4/2015 1:08:12 PM EDT

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Stuck in your 20s-30s....I see child support payments without end in a lot of futures.

Posted: 7/4/2015 1:09:50 PM EDT

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Yes, and I'm all for it. We've known for awhile that it was possible to stop the destruction of DNA and that it can even be repaired.

We could be living like the Elves from Lord of the Rings. You can still be killed in a car accident or something, but you wont die from aging.

I think at some point, you'll probably decide to die on your own terms. No one would really want to live forever.

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I think it is a stop gap until we all go digital.

Really.. Who wants to be a CD when you can be an MP3 forever in the cloud.

Posted: 7/4/2015 1:10:36 PM EDT

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It has always been within reach and didn't take a scientist to figure it out. Read the Bible. Just simply accept Jesus as Lord and Savior of you life and you will live for eternity.

For reals?

The man speaks the truth. If you haven't experienced Jesus, you should. Especially if you are skeptical, you have nothing to lose at all.

Posted: 7/4/2015 1:11:33 PM EDT

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At this point I think immortality on this rock would be more of a punishment than blessing.

Posted: 7/4/2015 1:14:02 PM EDT

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That, uh, ''til death do us part'' would start to make people think twice, especially if alimony may last for hundreds of years.

Posted: 7/4/2015 1:15:06 PM EDT

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I will never die anyway.

Posted: 7/4/2015 1:17:17 PM EDT

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Maybe someone might finally get off this trainwreck we call Earth!

Hopefully someone like Space X will pick up Project Orion and start asking for volunteers. What's a couple centuries stuck in a tin can for an immortal if it means striking out for some place like Proxima Centauri like a modern day Columbus.

Posted: 7/4/2015 1:18:35 PM EDT

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In other unrelated news Congress has voted to raise the retirement age to never.

By an overwhelming vote of both houses, it also defeated an amendment to the bill increasing the retirement age which would have ended the tax which finances retirement benefits ...