{"id":5862,"date":"2014-01-29T21:14:52","date_gmt":"2014-01-30T05:14:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/daviddilworth.com\/pol\/?p=5862"},"modified":"2014-03-28T13:21:42","modified_gmt":"2014-03-28T20:21:42","slug":"how-long-would-you-like-to-live-centuries","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/daviddilworth.com\/pol\/how-long-would-you-like-to-live-centuries\/","title":{"rendered":"How Long Would You Like to Live? Centuries?"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"2,000<\/a>

2,000 Year Old Man Mel Brooks and Carl Reiner<\/strong><\/p><\/div>\n

Dear Friends,<\/strong><\/p>\n

Did you ever imagine biology research could help you finish your to-do list?<\/strong><\/p>\n

A team of researchers (including a Noble Prize winner) has found an easy way to make new stem cells from your own organs.<\/strong> This means that just like those Volvos that keep running for millions of miles<\/a>, doctors could keep replacing your body parts that fail – not just until you make it to 100 years old — seemingly forever !<\/p>\n

“If this can be reproduced in humans, it will be a paradigm changer” Robert Lanza, chief scientific officer at Advanced Cell Technology in Marlborough, Massachusetts<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

If this research holds up \u2013 it will change our world, forever, in a huge way.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The article that caught my attention is titled “Stem cell power unleashed after 30 minute dip in acid<\/a>“<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

This research points to the ability to repair any new body part with stem cells. Livers and kidneys to start; then I suspect hearts and maybe even brains.<\/strong><\/p>\n

This means we may not ever need to die – until we want to.<\/strong><\/p>\n

There’s no doubt in my mind this work will definitely win a Nobel Prize \u2013 if it holds up. (I note that it is not April 1rst)<\/strong><\/p>\n

The process essentially stresses some of your adult cells using a mild acid and the resulting cells <\/strong>are even more fundamental (more controllable) than stem cells \u2013 which can grow to be any part of a body.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Stay tuned.<\/p>\n

Update: That didn’t take long. Less than a week later a Harvard researcher leaks details of a study with the same results using Human cells<\/a> ! Though there are details to confirm, this appears to be the real deal.<\/p>\n

Update March 29, 2014
\nControversy over the papers. Science in controversial stem cell papers may be sound<\/a><\/p>\n

Welcome to a whole new world of biology – where humans and other animals never need to die.<\/p>\n

References:<\/strong> <\/p>\n

“Stimulus-triggered fate conversion of somatic cells into pluripotency<\/a>“<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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