Cambridge University geneticist Aubrey de Grey has famously stated, “The first person to live to be 1,000 years old is certainly alive today …whether they realize it or not, barring accidents and suicide, most people now 40 years or younger can expect to live for centuries.”
Perhaps de Gray is way too optimistic, but plenty of others have joined
the search for a virtual fountain of youth
In fact, a growing number
of scientists, doctors, geneticists and nanotech experts—many with
impeccable academic credentials—are insisting that there is no hard
reason why ageing can’t be dramatically slowed or prevented altogether
Not only is it theoretically possible, they argue, but a scientifically
achievable goal that can and should be reached in time to benefit those
alive
At the
moment, we're stuck with this awful fatalism that we're all going to
get old and sick and die painful deaths
clipped from: www.dailygalaxy.com 