Just wondering
2006-07-27 03:19:45 · 16 answers · asked by Barack Obama rules 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Medicine
I believe it is.
At the moment the best life extension techniques involve cutting calories (caloric restriction) and getting appropriate combinations of micro-nutrients and anti-oxidants.
The reason you age is because each time your body makes a new cell, it has a few more imprefections in the DNA blueprint.
This just means that cells operate less and less well, as you get older. One of the many reasons this happens is because people have oxidants floating in their blood stream (which is why antioxidants like vitamen c helps).
Another is that the "telomeres" get shorter each time a cell splits.
I am confident that gene therapy in our lifetimes will have the scope of significantly enhancing our longevity, if not makeing us immortal!
Great question! You should google the words "longevity science" for more information.
2006-07-27 03:28:08 · answer #1 · answered by Jordi 2 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Well, hard to say. See, the price of breathing is aging. We age, we oxidize - in essence we rust - because this is the effect that oxygen has on our bodies. We mature because our bodies need to develop to a certain point to reproduce, but after that it's a slow-acting form of poison that we need to survive. Now, if someone could develop a serum that prevents the oxidization process (antioxidants don't help, we've already figured that part out) then we could probably live a lot longer than we do. But forever? No, the elements would eventually wear away at our flesh, our bones would wear down from movement, and a million other things I probably haven't even thought of.
2006-07-27 10:26:24 · answer #2 · answered by ? 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I don't think it's possible because physical matter decays. You could probably invent a 'medicine' that would sustain you for a very long time but not forever.
2006-07-27 12:20:24 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Nothing is impossible. Anyone can do anything if they have the time, resources, and ambition. I would imagine someone has been working on that for a very long time and still is and, will pass it on to someone else when they die. Ironic isn't it? As long as there are humans, anything is possible. Good question!!!
2006-07-27 10:25:14 · answer #4 · answered by roritr2005 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Nothing is impossible...
Who knows, i mean, in like 20 years, so much is going to have changed! There could be something better than e-mail, or the internet (like what??? "idk") and there could be such things as "holographic tv's" and some weird stuff...
the e-mail was "invented" not too long ago, think of what could be invented in that time (20years) or more!
2006-07-27 10:24:29 · answer #5 · answered by *(¯`•._.•Jessica•._.•´¯)* 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
there is no living forever...even after hundreds of years you would disentegrate under the weight of air...
but such a machine would have to constantly keep the brain stimulated and the organs rejuvinated. Don't see it happening in our lifetime, friend
2006-07-27 10:21:52 · answer #6 · answered by J 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes. It's called faith, and it's already been invented. You just have to visit your local religous institution of choice and pick some up.
2006-07-27 10:23:34 · answer #7 · answered by themom 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
yes its all ready been invented you moron where have you been? your probably the only one thats not gonna live forever, get with the program
2006-07-27 10:24:15 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Nope, if there was one made, it would probobly be so bad for you that it would shorten your life. After the flood, God made it so that no one could live past 121. Good question though!
2006-07-27 10:22:21 · answer #9 · answered by wormwoodkid 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
to tell you the truth, scientists have been working on a medicine that grants you immortality
2006-07-27 10:21:39 · answer #10 · answered by jester of the court 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋