by metatron 8 Replies latest jw friends
I notice that Nature magazine ( May 31 2007) has a cover article called "Younger For Longer" - about genetic expression in longevity
experiments. I am happy to finally see that mainstream science is taking aging research seriously and giving it the attention that it needs.
I can recall a comedian once making a joke about holding a "telethon to stop death" and I wondered why that seemed anymore humorous
than a telethon to stop cancer, etc. Patience, patience, I guess.
metatron
The cosmetics industry has certainly not turned its back on aging issues and spend a great deal in research for this. But it is curious why the medical profession perhaps sticks at finding cures for disease, or treating the symptoms and not looking at why we deteriorate and die in the first place.
Yeah, but we have a over population problem now, because of all our medical advances. I don't know why person would want to live a hundred or couple hundered years anyway. 70 or 80 is quite enough for me thank you. Our fear of death would better be replaced with a calm exceptance, we need to make room for the younger generation, not only human but the rest of animal population, instead of crowding this planet with the human species.
100% of the people who are 99 years old want to live to 100
Prop,
Are you including the ones that need to thier ass wiped, and thier bed pan emptied while they lay in a nursing home for the last 15 or 20 years?
Megatron said::"I can recall a comedian once making a joke about holding a "telethon to stop death" and I wondered why that seemed anymore humorous than a telethon to stop cancer, etc. "::
I'll bet if you really think about this you'll get it. <grin>
proplog2,
100% of the people who are 99 years old want to live to 100
Hah. My grandma – blind, deaf, bedridden, living in a nursing home – is only 98 and recently told my dad, "I'm glad I still have my mind – but I think I've lived long enough."
GentlyFeral
If they can discover the reason we age and die that would be some discovery. Longer lifespan is only desirable if there is quality of life remaining.
I have worked with too many patients that have very little fun left in their lives, and many are just plain miserable. If someone had to choose between quality of life or quanity, what do you think they would choose?
I do think with the mapping of the genetic code we are bound to see some amazing advancements. May not be in our lifetime though.
I'd love to read this, do you know if there is an online link to the actual article?
I have a friend who works at the U of A here, she actually studies the brain but she works with some of the other scientists involved in similar research on what makes cells age and die. I'll see if I can find the link she sent me before and I'll post it if I do. it was incredibly interesting.
