Aubrey de GreyImmortalityLeading British gerontologist predicts humanity millennial lifespan and argues that the person who will live to a thousand years old, had been born - Professor Aubrey de Grey is already preparing for physical immortality Daily of old age in the world die 100,000 people. It would seem that it is a natural phenomenon, inherent in the nature of man, and the death of old age as inevitable as the changing seasons. However, recent theoretical developments of one of the UK's leading gerontologists, Professor Aubrey de Grey of Cambridge University, says that humanity is on its way to immortality. According to him, the state of microbiological science now is that after 30 - 40 years it will be able to guarantee the millennial lifespan. "Even now, - says the British gerontologist - we have a real possibility of extending life for many hundreds of years, and such experiments are already on animals. After five years, they will begin to spend on a person, and about 2030 aging body will be put barrier. " Professor de Grey believes that the first person who will live to 1,000 years old, had been born. many gerontologists, including Aubrey de Grey, argue that in humans there are no genetic program involving the aging and death. The aging process, they say, only a part of the cellular changes that accumulate and lead to death. But we live in the era of the microbiological revolution. Professor de Grey believes that the process of cell mutations can be stopped using the latest biotechnology developments capable of regularly, every 10 - 15 years, update and translate the human body's biological clock arrows at the beginning of their frame of reference. Thus, in the future people will be able to regularly update their physical condition. How did the scientists are going to beat the old age ? Experiments on mice have shown, and the mouse genome as close to human, it can be done with the help of blocking cell division and the removal of it unnecessary and harmful inclusions. Lost cells, for example, as a result of Alzheimer's disease or Parkinson's will be replaced with new ones that will prevent mutation of chromosomes. With the help of stem cell therapy will be updated human organs. Such experiments are underway in the clinical setting. In an interview with "sparks" Professor de Grey predicts millennial reality of human life.
Is there a therapy now capable of defeating aging?
- The most important aspect of this therapy does not yet exist. Biologists have not yet learned to purify cells from the end is in them "garbage" to prevent aging. We need to develop a very sophisticated end-stem cell and gene therapy to solve this problem. Some of the things that we need to do, have already been developed and is undergoing clinical trials. But most of the necessary we get about 10 years later in laboratory versions. And after 30 years - 40 or a little later, these methods will be applied in practice.Whether it will lead to the fact that, as you say, people can live up to 1,000 years old?
- It is very likely that people born today can live up to 1,000 years. It is possible that some of the current middle-aged people will also be able to live up to these years. Someone using existing medications, now live to 100 years. It is known that the age of about 300 people living on Earth has passed for 110 years. This means that people who are now 60 years old, can live for another 50 years, even without any medical intervention. Intellectual and physical state of the current 70-year-olds in Europe can be compared with the 50-year-old people of the XIX century. Already developed medicines, regular intake of which is able to extend the human life of 20 - 30 years. In 25 years, those who are now 60, reached 85 years of age. They will remain in the left approximately 25 years of life. And they will be healthy enough to enjoy the fruits developed by the time of therapy, anti-aging. I'm sure they will in 25 years - 30. Development of microbiological science will outpace the aging of these people, and they will be able to use all its new and new developments, prolonging its life. This process can last for centuries. That is my theory of "high-speed escape from death."Will people that 200 or 300 years, they have children?
- Yes, they can. I am sure we will be able to update the female ovaries, allowing them no different from those of younger women. As you may know, with age, after menopause, bone loss in women are more brittle. This occurs mainly due to hormonal changes in the body. So the easiest way to stop this process and restore elasticity to the level of bone younger would update the ovaries. This will restore the ability to bear children. Cloned human organs transplantation has now become a reality.What can people who nowadays tend to prolong your life?
- While I can only advise to follow the advice that he gave his mother. It would be trite to repeat them: do not drink, do not smoke, keep your feet warm, and the like.- What, in your opinion, will change life on Earth as a result of almost indefinite extension of human life?
- The main difference is the absence of the sick and elderly, because young people will be lifelong. This will lead to big changes in society. Primarily to economic changes, because to maintain patients' lives over the years is worth a lot of money, as we are doing now. In addition, the radical change in the structure of the family: for example, you can go to the disco with her great-great-great-great-grandchildren. Change the pension system. People will retire, but they will not do it forever. Hardly a man with a virtually infinite age want to enjoy the prospect of doing nothing more than 20 - 30 years. Most likely, after retraining or getting a new education he wants to realize himself in the next 30 - 40 years in a completely new quality. Will be a kind of regular human intelligent recharging batteries.
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