Scientists reverse ageing process in mice; early human trial

[slowhand]

"Scientists from Harvard and the University of New South Wales say they have discovered how to reverse the ageing process."

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2014-11-04/s ... ce/5865714

Interesting article, means there is hope for lots of old croaks down the track if they want. The bloke did an interview on TV and said they had reduced a mouse age from 60 to 20 in human terms, Don't know If I'd like to be 20 again, god enough kids as it is. But it would be a big advantage when chatting up young ladies of that age, then again they may be old ladies made young which would be a bit confusing and of no advantage.

Read another article which said what they are doing, mimics a natural process than everyone neglects or refuses to use. I'm going to try it soon and see what happens.

[Dot]

I wonder if it would be a case of "The mind is willing but the body is weak" It would also mean you could "teach old dogs new tricks" If I knew then what I know now, wow now that would be worth it

[Mrcoolabah1au]

Ohh to be a teen again ?

[SteveW]

Once around is enough, isn't it?

[slowhand]

I'd be happy to live a healthy fit life until I've had enough, then end it myself. Reckon could fill in another 50-100 years before got bored with cruising round the planet and maybe the solar system in a few decades. Then again, the rate we are destroying the planets resources and environment, it may not be good to hang around for too long.

[Dot]

Yeah pretty soon we shall all be a kissing the ground, but I wouldn't mind having a few years as a 20 something .

[T1 Terry]

Now the real question, have they finally got the aging thing right. It's commonly accepted around old farts that the present aging is arse about face. Youth is wasted on the young, they don't know enough to really make the most of a body that is in it's prime.
With this new advancement in age reversing, we could go through the normal process, build a store house of knowledge and $$, then when the body started to show the signs of heading down the slippery slope of old age, switch to the age reversing process. The trip back through middle age can be spent accumulating more wealth and knowledge but once you've reached the mid 30's it's time to cash in all you've accumulated. You get a chance to laugh at your kids as they start to age and get clued up while you can spend your 2nd youth living it up on the wild side. The trip through the teenage yrs would be a blast the second time around, you really could drive to school in the red Ferrari. When you reach puberty, stop taking the age reversing stuff and go through the cycle again, but this time you will be way smarter so there will be no more kids to raise this trip, just more partying.
Now for the ultimate repayment for the hard yrs you put in the first time around, you can afford the age reversing stuff, those who bludged their way through don't have the $$ so they drop off the perch at the end of the cycle.
Do ya reckon I'm on to something here

T1 Terry

[glenda]

I reckon your on something alwright, Give me a clue what it is so I can get some
Glenda

[dream4red]

I don't think it will ever catch on. Government cant afford all those old age pensions as it is, never mind doubling it. Even with a newer body, nobody would want to keep on working forever! Having experienced retirement, there is no way I could go back to work, even if I wanted to.

[slowhand]

There is a scientifically proven natural way to increase your active life span, but requires a bit of dedication, lifestyle and diet change.

As for an aging population, that will be a bonus in the long run. It's a well known medical fact those brought up from birth on a junk food diet, have little chance of reaching old age, yet those oldies who were brought up originally on proper uncontaminated unprocessed foods have a better chance of living very old.

If you are reasonable fit and healthy, not taking medication at 70, you are a prime example of one who can really benefit from an extended lifetime and also be very beneficial for society. The weight of accumulated knowledge and experience, a still active body means you will be able to contribute in a beneficial way. As real tradies and experienced people are a thing of the past, since training now happens in schools and not in the job, the majority are useless. A real tradies in their retirement, can earn heaps more than a dumbed down TAFE trained person and can tackle just about anything thrown at them.

People also forget, after major wars the majority of people left are the very young and the very old. Yet that's when a society has it's most prosperous and knowledge growth periods, as the experienced and really knowledgeable elderly are in charge and directing society. Not just a bunch of academic wankers who know nothing, but how to go to school and collect large pay packets. It really boils down to whether you enjoy life enough to want to continue with it, or just struggling through under physiological and biological constraints, waiting to die.

To me retirement means I have the opportunity to do and learn what I want, then put it into practise and enjoy life to the fullest. That's why I've taken up guitar again and been asked to play in a jazz/blues/rock band. So learning about 21st century technology so I can cope with the changes and am having the little niggles I have which have restricted me over 4 last few years fixed.

Next month I'm having an operation on my knee to fix a bipartite patella and torn lateral meniscus, so can run again freely. Extending our livable age is something to look forward to and am going to have a go at the natural way of doing it, science has found works. Then when they have the genetic science right, will take advantage of that and to be able to do that, requires me to have my body in the best shape possible to cater for the change.

Life's about learning and living the learnt experience, otherwise it becomes boring and worthless. Enjoyed my life as a builder, going to enjoy becoming a muso traveller and intent it to be a very long enjoyment. Playing music was something I gave away when my kids came along and the business took over, now I'm free of whining women, demanding kids, business and time restrictions. Life is great, so extending my lifespan and rejuvenating my body, seems a logical, step when the science is becoming available.