Pathways that extend lifespan by 500 percent identified

So, 425 years in a nursing home? No thanks.

No no, we just wouldnt age as quickly.

" The paper focuses on how longevity is regulated in the mitochondria, which are the organelles in the cell responsible for energy homeostasis. Over the last decade, accumulating evidence has suggested a causative link between mitochondrial dysregulation and aging. Rollins' future research will focus on the further elucidation of the role of mitochondria in aging, he said."


Waiting until we're 75 to get a drivers license might be tough though.

So, the question is...how would even doubling our lifespan impact the population growth curve. Those people who otherwise would be dying off will still be consuming food and producing waste. How long until the majority of humans are starving from a lack of food or suffering from contamination because we don't have anyplace for our waste?

TR Malthus has already been proven wrong.

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why would you want to live 500 years? frick that.

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You'd only be middle aged at 250.


Can't you imagine going to the fair or carnival and the midway age guesser pegs you to be 45 ? Haha wrong ! Im 256 !
You'd rack up on free ride tickets alone !

Ditch that whole cryogenics for extended space travel bs too !

Its a win/win ! :)

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lengthening of lifespan would mandate control of birthrate. Natural resources are already spread super thin with the nearly 8 billion people on the planet.

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If we could develop space travel as well as capabilities to effectively colonize planets mineral resources, living space, and ground for agriculture would be less of an issue.

Would have to figure out an energy solution as oil is not exactly prevalent elsewhere. The smaller nuclear reactor patented by the navy might (eventually) lead to a fix. But then all that would take a long time to do, don't know how far off lengthening life with a similar method in humans is

Sweet. I can work another 320 years before I retire. Just the news I wanted to hear.

What makes you think the common man will have access?

This, even more than the wealth itself, would be the differentiator between the mega rich and everyone else.

Quality of life, not quantity

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This presents a dilemma if it is even half way effective in human beings. The current system of retirement, across the developed world, is under siege in that it wasn't built into the system that people would live beyond 65, other than the occasional outlier.

Now people, especially women, routinely live into the mid 80s.

What happens when we have a society where people live into their 200s? There is an uproar, and I won't get into that or we will Poliboard Tards invading, that Baby Boomers have held onto power a bit too long and choked out opportunities for the following generations.

Imagine that but the Baby Boomers live to be 250 and are fully capable of working for, say, 200 of those years. Think of the stagnation that would cause across the board. Are you a brilliant executive? Well you just have to wait a 125 years to move up the ranks.

I want to live to be 500. I might see Arkansas win another national title in football if I pull that off. But if I do live to be 500 I'm going to be taking up a shite load of space and resources. Mostly, I grant you, in booze

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good synopsis.

Perhaps non sequitur, but the Booomers need to go on... they have held on to everything for too damn long. Now the X'ers like myself as well as the Mills & Z'ers are going to have to try to hold their own while simultaneously supporting the Booms.

Booms are an incredibly selfish generation... I witnessed it growing up in the 70s how entitled they thought they were... You think college kids now are spoiled? Maybe they are, but those 1960s and 70s Boomer college students were god awful... hardly had to fork over a dime for tuition compared to what kids are paying today.


The rich Boomer Banker Elites have made it near impossible for today's youth to pay for education without taking out loans... only way out is to 1) have wealthy parents who can pay or 2) be super smart and get enough scholarships to pay it off in-state. Still doesn't account for the high cost of living on or near most campuses either.

Two of mine attend BAMA, one attends UAH. Very proud of them. My oldest, he earned HOPE and nearly a full ride to BAMA for his ACT score... he got a 32 I believe. My two girls, the twins, just started last year- one at BAMA and the other at UAH. Unfortunately they will have to take out loans because they have no choice. I can pay off a part, they can pay off a part, but there is still a lot left over and that's even being in-state.

Have any of you other parents seen how damn expensive those books are??? That's just dirty what these publishers do because the students have no choice but to buy them. When I was in comm. College back in 1985, books for the whole semester cost me $25. Now kids have to spend HUNDREDS on JUST BOOKS. yes, BOOKS. Outrageous! My oldest, he is about to graduate w/ a Mech. Eng. degree in May and his book cost has been north of $300 every semester at BAMA.


Anyway, rant over, just letting you know young people, I'm 53, and while I may be old I got your backs. It sure was easier to move up back then... I hurt for the kids today. No wonder they aren't expected to earn as much as us and especially the Booms. Unfair and Un-American!