www.globalchange.com Some animals do not get old in normal way. No evidence of ageing process in some rockfish, humpback whales. New research suggests may be possible one day to slow down or reverse ageing process. Adult stem cells already in use to rebuild worn out aging tissue. Video by Dr Patrick Dixon author of Futurewise. Science of ageing. How to stop getting old. Medical research into physiology of ageing. How cells get old. Tissue regeneration of heart, muscle, retina, spine, brain and other organs. Repair of tissue damage. Organ regeneration. Cure for blood pressure? New facelift therapy? Humpback whales, Rockfish Project and slow ageing in turtles and parrots. Human impact of anti-aging therapy. Social impact of living longer. Impact on longevity forecasts for life insurance and pensions risk. Cure for deafness and cure for macular degeneration.
Stop getting old – reverse aging? New research into ageing process as a disease with potential for treatment. Anti-aging therapies and future health care. Conference keynote speaker Dr Patrick Dixon
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I don’t think I’d want to live forever. I’d probably want to die
about 300-500 years old but not live forever
Comment by 9N8X — May 14, 2010 @ 10:28 pm
@ayf43 Because eventually you get sick of being smothered with bullshit and wish people would accept that no means no. And after a while, you snap and have to start acting like a prick in order to make a point.
Comment by ISTeslaYT — May 14, 2010 @ 10:55 pm
@ISTeslaYT
Why are people like you allways angry…so much anger
Comment by ayf43 — May 14, 2010 @ 11:03 pm
It’s not possible, yet. Right now it’s absurd; however, Benjamin Button was a good movie.
Comment by 00MrPanda00 — May 14, 2010 @ 11:29 pm
@ColdBoi But then again, if we can find a way to reverse aging,
im sure we can find a way to use resources far far far more efficiently.
vertical farms for example are around the corner, they will not only be dozens of times space efficient, but you won’t have to use nearly as much energy to run them VS trucking in food hundreds miles away. They will reduce water usage.
Comment by curingaging00 — May 15, 2010 @ 12:09 am
If more people life the planet will become crowded.. and obviously less resource to cover everyone.
Comment by ColdBoi — May 15, 2010 @ 12:20 am
this video is full of information that i didnt know… i didnt know about the common causes of blindness in old people. i guess we do learn new stuff everyday.
Comment by monk1149 — May 15, 2010 @ 12:42 am
Religion is fine as long as you believe in fairy tales. For the rest of us with common sense, this is perfectly fine research. Stop imposing your bullshit on people who don’t want it, and take no for a fucking answer you God-loving retards.
Comment by ISTeslaYT — May 15, 2010 @ 1:14 am
The villagers that live up in the High peaks of TIbet live long what is their secret, quinoa and sea buckthorn oil, I heard you can get a free 14 day Sibu Anti aging kit here ==> antiwrinklecreamratings
Comment by antiagingcreamangel — May 15, 2010 @ 1:36 am
we don’t get any such treatment on the nhs the government wants us to grow old and not live too long after reaching pension age!
Comment by AUTubeN22 — May 15, 2010 @ 2:05 am
@spacecowboy95 Yes I agree, as a kid I always dreamed of learning all the knowledge in the world and reading every book. Soon after becoming 6 I realize I needed to immortal to achieve that. Thinking that somehow somewhat someone may be able to, is really amazing.
Comment by rollinmg — May 15, 2010 @ 2:14 am
@fuzzypickles08 He was a doctor first then a CEO.
Comment by rollinmg — May 15, 2010 @ 2:19 am
Reasons why reverse aging would be a revolutionary GOOD thing
1) would save billions – trillions of dollars in healthcare
2)reduction in human suffering taking in account for emotional + physical suffering.
3)we would be able to complete far larger dreams and goals. at current lifespan, even being only 17 year old I will never be able to explore outer space and universe.
4)no more elderly abuse.
5) we will have more fun without getting weak, fragile etc.
6)look younger FOR LIFE
Comment by curingaging00 — May 15, 2010 @ 2:37 am
You lost me at “as a physician in my first life…”
Comment by fuzzypickles08 — May 15, 2010 @ 2:44 am
@davedaddy101 834,000 US citizens over 100yrs by 2050.1990 estimate was 37,306. In 2001, US Census Bureau reported 50,454 US centenarians out of population of 281.4 million Americans. The Allstate insurance company reported 2007, Hallmark company sold 85,000 “Happy 100th Birthday!” cards. 2050, “number of US centenarians 834,000 maybe even 1 million,” Dr. Robert Butler, President International Longevity CenterNew York City.
Comment by pjvdixon — May 15, 2010 @ 3:04 am
I dont believe there are 76,000 americans that are 100. I dont even believe there are 6000.
Comment by davedaddy101 — May 15, 2010 @ 3:30 am
@eldwynnq World where people don’t get old? Moral issues are huge as well as social and political.
Comment by pjvdixon — May 15, 2010 @ 4:19 am
If every working adult pursuing unecessary non essential occupations such as entertainer, businessman, stock broker etc stop and became a life extensionist , we could have a hundred million more scientists and discover how to reverse ageing WAAAAY earlier, and then, they can go back to pursuing their occupations again with the extra decades of their lives.
Why arent they doing so? I dont know.
Comment by ASSHOLELA — May 15, 2010 @ 4:22 am
@gunninlinguist there are answers to all your questions you raised about what we would do about overpopulation, and the fact that, like all medical care, there is a cost involved. However, that is not the right answer. The “correct” answer to your disagreement is that all of your negatives apply when we cure any sort of disease. Aging is a disease just like any other illness, that should be stopped. It doesn’t make sense to be for curing cancer, but not death in general.
Comment by eldwynnq — May 15, 2010 @ 4:47 am
Looks like he was too late; his audience was already dead
Comment by fuzzaayy111 — May 15, 2010 @ 5:46 am
@gunninlinguist Aging is fact of life but we can alter its speed + quality life.
Comment by pjvdixon — May 15, 2010 @ 6:22 am
@gunninlinguist Aging is fact of life but we can alter its speed + quality life.
Comment by pjvdixon — May 15, 2010 @ 7:12 am
Unfortunately nobody can stop aging!!
With the years everybody grows,this is common to all the people!!
Comment by sexseek23 — May 15, 2010 @ 8:00 am
and accept that we will still die at some point or other, biological immortality or not. On the plus side young people of this era will likely enjoy a far higher quality of life in latter years than before.
Comment by gunninlinguist — May 15, 2010 @ 8:56 am
No doubt we will make huge advancement in longevity, and will learn to minimise and eventually stop aging. But then what? We’d have overpopulation, all reproduction would have to stopped-with no older generations dying out the gene pool would stagnate we’d have inbreeding on a mass scale. Immortality would probably be a privilege for the rich-we’d have corporate power, class divides like never before. Death would be a hated taboo-there’d be chaos and mass panic. We must always live in dignity>
Comment by gunninlinguist — May 15, 2010 @ 9:15 am