Genes reveal 'biological ageing'

The way the world is these days,I'm shocked I'm alive right now! & it's not terrorists I'm concerned with,it's the current careless stupidity that seems to be rapidly becoming the norm of society ! I know from family history ,that I will live 'till at least 70 if I don't kill myself or die of some unknown illness! I wouldn't mind living forever,just so long as the culture of today was radically changed! I guess if I were one of few people that did live forever ,I'd form my own society & make a better world!

If you want to slow down the rate in which you age, live a clean life comprised of avoiding carcinogens, exercise vigorously, sleep soundly, and consume as much raw vegetarian foods as you can eg: fruits, vegetables,nuts, seeds, legumes, and probiotic yougurt. They will empower your immune system, and if you drink raw juices from say, a Jack Lalane juicerator, you'll get a perfect balance of 48 to 1 of enzymes to antibodies. It's also the antioxident vitamins/flavionoids also present in organic food sources that limit and repair the free radical damage to the telomeres. If you look at Elle MacPherson you'll see a person who more resembles the 24th anniversary of her 21st birthday than the average person. Though I don't doubt she has the gene for time dilating the aging process which is opposite in its effect than the time accelerating aging gene variant the article refers to..,she lives life in the fresh air and shunshine. .

From the science channel documentary Time, a 4 part series narrated by Dr.Michio Kaku, scientists are studying yeasts which have no gene to cause them to die. Humans have a gene which will cause total system shutdown in time.But yeasts, which nutritionaly have a remarkably similar chemical makeup to humans, can live indefinitely. The episode Lifetime talks of advances in the next 20 years which will reverse the aging process 40 years, and on and on. Since for the first time in evolution, humans are now overtaking their destinty, it may be possible for the average person(with money)to live to be 150. Don't laugh just yet. The mile markers of a human's physical existence are reversable because of the plasticity of the cells themselves. Men of 70 with sagging muscles who have been given regular doses of Testosterone, and Human Growth Hormone have responded and have been reversed to the same condition they were at
age 40.

I'm glad so many people aren't interested in longevity therapies. Less demand means lower price which means more for me. :-D

The article doesn't delve into the idea of slowing the rate at which you age... It's not the fountain of youth. The application of this research can help to prevent or treat certain diseases such as heart disease.

I rather live my life at a normal rate.

I'd prefer to die sooner than to live on and take up some young person's space and resources.

Cool.

The next step is going to be to modify those genes so we can age at a slower rate...