Reply to: And in the end...

[Troll]

Today I phoned a residential home re: care of mother. £900 per week. If she lives for another 11 years, that's half a million quid.

I'll do it for 750 @ week- a bargain - nice self contained room in castle Troll in rural Kent

[mudskipper]

Today I phoned a residential home re: care of mother. £900 per week. If she lives for another 11 years, that's half a million quid.

[Cliphead]

I think there has to be a time-limit on a person's life. It's natures "get-out" clause. For example:- if a person is trapped in a situation where they are suffering intensely (e.g. pow being tortured), then they eventually die and thereby end their suffering. I think it's good that there is a time limit. I would hate for anyone to suffer indefinitely, no matter what they have done. Perhaps that ties in with the Christian value of forgiveness? (e.g. all is forgiven... eventually).

You're not drinking fast enough

[Jeff Maginty]

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[Cliphead]

[Robinho]

I would love to live forever yes. Or at least as long as i could until the world turning into a nuclear apocalypse or something.

[Jeff Maginty]

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[EternalOptimist]

JAMA Network | JAMA | Telomere Length and Risk of Incident Cancer and Cancer Mortality

no.

radiate cells. they malfunction and cause cancer.

poison them - ditto

[Robinho]

no
cancer is cell replication that errors

Conclusion In this study population, there was a statistically significant inverse relationship between telomere length and both cancer incidence and mortality.

Telomeres are nucleoprotein complexes at the extreme ends of linear chromosomes implicit in the maintenance of chromosomal integrity. Telomeres shorten with each cell cycle and therefore reflect organism aging at a cellular level. At a critically short telomere length, cells experience replicative cell senescence. Malignant cells, in contrast, reactivate and overexpress the enzyme telomerase that lengthens telomeres and allows for plentiful divisions.

JAMA Network | JAMA | Telomere Length and Risk of Incident Cancer and Cancer Mortality

[EternalOptimist]

No i believe cancer is linked to short telomere lengths.

no
cancer is cell replication that errors

[Robinho]

cancer rates would increase

No i believe cancer is linked to short telomere lengths.

Anyway, i'm not a expert i was just speculating as to whether it could happen in the next 40 years.

[EternalOptimist]

There are several animals that don't age. Certain jellyfish as well as lobsters possibly?

Essentially telomeres are bits of our cells which shorten every time a cell replicates. This is what causes the aging process and in theory we could reverse ageing if we could find a way to significantly lengthen then.

cancer rates would increase

[Robinho]

There are several animals that don't age. Certain jellyfish as well as lobsters possibly?

Essentially telomeres are bits of our cells which shorten every time a cell replicates. This is what causes the aging process and in theory we could reverse ageing if we could find a way to significantly lengthen then.

[Jeff Maginty]

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[Robinho]

It would be more to do with telomere lengthening than replacing body bits.

Eventually we'd all die being hit by a bus or slipping on a banana skin, but we could avoid old age.