Young blood reverses effects of aging in mice

[RetroGrow]

Curing aging and illness is not a desirable thing. We do not in any way need more people living longer. We are supposed get old and sick and die, to make room for the next lot.

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What I mean about curing illness, is we shouldn't be trying to go beyond allowing people to live a normal lifespan.

Define "normal" lifespan. Alexander the Great conquered the world, and died at age 32. Our lifespans have been increasing over the millennium. There is no reason to believe that trend will stop. Advances in science will eventually mean that we have the possibility of living MUCH longer lives. What makes you believe that we "are supposed" to get old and die? If that's the case, why bother with science & medicine? It is part of man's makeup to try and discover new things, understand our universe, and understand life, death, our bodies, and how to heal them. Research goes on, and despite the opposition of religious fanatics, will continue to go on. Stem cell research is our best hope to end illness and aging, and I believe it's entirely possible. Just another mystery that is being slowly unlocked. It's the birth rate that needs to go down, especially in third world/poor countries.
Curing aging and illness is a desirable thing, and has been man's quest since the beginnings.
Because of computers, knowledge/research is increasing exponentially. Drastic changes have been and will continue to be made. Change is inevitable, and it comes at an ever expanding rate. No telling what the next 10 years will bring. Longer lives are a reality, and they will continue to expand man's lifespan through science.

 

[shithawk420]

Maybe I shouldn't say this but I think the movie the fountain should be mentioned in this thread.but with everything that's been said,there's no limit to science.only present technology

 

[Harry Gypsna]

If the Human lifespan were to double again, we wouldn't just need to slow the birth rate, we'd have to stop having babies altogether.
Everything dies, why should we be special? It is the natural order. Generation, decay and death. It's just how it is.
Alexander was either poisoned or died of Typhoid, both of which are not what I'm talking about. Stopping people dying of cancer at 25, great. Stopping people from aging and making them live for 150 years, fuck no. I said it isn't desirable, I didn't say it wouldn't happen.
The lifespan for the masses has doubled, the rich and powerful always got old and some poor people too, not quite as old as now, but history is full of old people.

 

[shithawk420]

I didn't say it was economical but there's a death gene in our bodies and if we could eliminate it why not?its not like you or me could afford it anyway.

 

[Terps]

Im half way through a joint and just read this thread, Mind = blown! Im with sativa breather i bet that old chronie rockefeller is doing this shit already! His face when he tries to smile is pure evilness.

 

[foomar]

Trouble with Lichen (published 1960) by John Wyndham covers some of this ground in a well written novel , worth a read.

If it became available it would wreck current society.

 

[eatUR<3out]

 

[IGROWMYOWN]

Joe Rogan was talking about this on his podcast with Dave attell a few days ago I think it was the one with dave attell ...he said Rich people are going to be buying young blood get to the point where they are just harvesting fetus blood cells its pretty funny you have to hear joe explain it.

 

[Harry Gypsna]

Elizabeth Bathory didn't actually drink blood, she bathed in it and made face cream from it.

 

[eatUR<3out]

 

[foomar]

There is a distinct possibility that the results have been overstated to procure funding.

In results to be published this week, researchers say the old brains created new neurons in the region responsible for smells. They said that the mice’s sense of smell became about as sharp as any youngster.

One of the researchers has been so emboldened by the findings that he has already founded a company to test the effects of young blood on elderly humans.

The company is named “Alkahest”, after the word medieval alchemists gave to a hypothetical substance known as the “immortal liquor”.

Bathing in the blood of the young was a rumoured therapeutic technique enjoyed by the Countess Elizabeth Bathory.

Would like to read the full document , but not willing to pay £22 for it.

 

[Storm Shadow]

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Elizabeth Báthory

She bathed in the blood of young women to keep herself youthful... she's one of the biggest Serial Killers in Human History

 

[foomar]

There is an alternative view of her place in history which seems plausible.

http://elizabethbathory.net/Countess-Bathory-s-case.html

 

[igrowone]

population is a big concern, the solution being if earth is too small for the population
well, time to pack some bags and get our butts to the final frontier
the ticket for no ageing is you become an explorer/colonist, the space program gets rebooted
give me another 1000 years and i'm down for a Mars mission

 

[Harry Gypsna]

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If I could have had 80 years as a 21 year old, that would be great, but living for thousands or even hundreds of years, no thanks.

 

[Dropped Cat]

Excellent, Smithers.

Excellent.