Life Extension Technology (Longevity with Immortalist and Health-Spanners)

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I always hear that age is just a number but when people get to the age of 80 years, they start to feel that age isn’t just a number. When you ask a young person in his 40s that what does he see of himself in the next 60 years, they immediately do not want to go into such thought where they will be attacked by several aging diseases, sitting lonely on a chair and talking to oneself because the energy to go outside to play isn’t there any longer. At that point you wish age shouldn’t just be a number. You wish you could just rewind back to the days when you felt you had strength and remain that way.

There are two set of people when it comes to life extension and they are the immortalists and the health-spanners.

Immortalist want to match humans with undying technology, bringing trans-humanism where the consciousness of a human is downloaded into an avatar and the person could live again even though they are not in their real bodies, something like a cyborg. We see this too well in science fictions and trust they could be fun. Imagine seeing yourself in a new body made of fleshy materials but not your real human body and also require robotic simulations and actions to move and do other things (Maybe you have to charge yourself).

Health-spanners on the other hand do not believe in immortalization but rather are against ageing. They believe everyone should be able to live healthy and well for as long as possible without getting old even though not forever. Health-spanners want you to be able to play soccer at the age of 120 years if possible, they want to really make age a number without pain.

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Let me do a little Talking to myself

Will it be possible to cure ageing if it is truly a disease as health-spanners assume it is? Every part of my body age at different time and pace, and this aging goes really down to the cells and molecular part of my body.

Hey! Come to think of it, if aging technique really works, will it be affordable?



Caloric Restriction (CRONA)

With this technique, people eat less calories about 50% less calories into the body while they supplement with vitamins. Maybe you did not know, a study showed that animals and humans that eat less calories tend to live longer as their bodies tend to repair damaged tissues. It is believed that reducing calorie intake by 50% will help to extend life.

Do you think this life is worth living long if you have to restrict a lot of intake into the body?
Also, study shows that when you starve yourself for at least 5 days in a month, your body will tend to repair its tissues during those period.

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Stem cell Therapy

This is a very important therapy that isn’t new to a lot of people, where cell are extracted and turned into therapeutic stem cells which can be triggered to turn to any type of cell needed which could in turn become organs which could be implanted. Technology has helped advanced the use of 3D printer to create organs which could be used to replace old organs.

Nanobots

This is the ultimate solution that could exist currently. Nanobots are tiny micro robots that can be programmed to go into the human body and repair old, worn-out or ill and damaged cells, tissues and organs. Since ageing occurs due to cells, organ, and tissues getting worn-out and damaged, nanobot repairs could help extend the lifespan of humans.

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In Conclusion

The FDA have been finding it difficult to approve any medication with the aim to fight ageing related issues or for longevity, or anti-ageing like the Metformin, it means there are telling the world that ageing is a disease. Also, there is a possibility that anti-ageing might become a big industry in the future with Google new Silicon Valley company Calico. Although, this company has been keeping their activities of the radar but for a company with over 1.2 billion dollars in bank. There is a possibility that new technology will come out soon for ageing.



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It is an interesting article, however, I prefer to live my normal life and learn the much I can during this timeframe. ;)

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