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its not as specific as some claim
if it cuts the wrong places ur ded
but if they can make it specific then it has a lot of potential
though i dont like thinking about flying cars like that too much
First step towards immortality
If they can splice some genes in or out that regulate aging there's a decent chance aging can be cured in people alive today
Aging is not disease, it doesn't require a cure.
Aging is a disease
Just because you expect your body to break down doesn't mean it isn't breaking down
Your cells are just losing the ability to replenish themselves etc. over time because the Telomere ends in your cells' DNA are getting used up
Fixing this should be easy all things considered
It's not even a question of if but when
Nonsense
That's like arguing people who use antibiotics forsake their humanity or whatever
no, not really
you can be lucky and never need antibiotics
if you take away certain death within a predictable timespan you may fundamentaly change society
@Mr. Nessel if aging is a disease then Nature itself is one as well.
There are animals that don't age
The modern human life span and health in general is about as natural as a poodle
What animals exactly? There are some species that age extremely slowly but they do age. Modern life span of men is natural, in the sense that they are extended to their natural limit. Any specie has certain life span cap and until you break this cap your life span is natural.
Lobsters for example don't age as do a variety of shellfish
Various animals have genetics that do away with aging because they have better mechanism for repairing their DNA
Which causes their cells to never stop splitting etc. or deteriorate at a rate that is way, way slower than the human one
Given enough time evolution would take care of this in us either way since there's now a strong selective pressure to remain more youthfull and vital longer
The lifecycle of humans just takes a long time for this to work out
Of course this eventual age of Methuselahs would not be very comforting to somebody alive now
So it's only natural we cut the process short
This btw would not only stop aging but as cells start behaving properly again even in already old people would reverse some of the damage
No wrinkly skin, brittle bone, weaker muscle strength etc.
Of course even this wouldn't make someone immortal. There's certain chemicals the human body doesn't get rid of since they accumulate only in small quantities and ppl usually die before they become an issue