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For generations, we have tried, and failed, to find the key to eternal youth.
But scientists think they may now be one step closer to unlocking the secret.
New research has found that a single region of the brain may control the ageing process.
Researchers believe that the hypothalamus – the area of the brain which controls hunger, thirst, body temperature and fatigue - may be the ‘fountain of ageing’, controlling how the body declines over time.
They say they have discovered a specific age-related signalling pathway which opens up new strategies for combating diseases of old age and extending lifespan.
Senior author Professor Dongsheng Cai, at Albert Einstein College of Medicine in the United States, said: ‘Scientists have long wondered whether ageing occurs independently in the body's various tissues or if it could be actively regulated by an organ in the body.
‘It's clear from our study that many aspects of ageing are controlled by the hypothalamus.
Signal pathway in the hypothalamus controls ageing throughout the body
Signalling can be altered to slow ageing process and increase longevity
Hormone made in the hypothalamus also slows ageing so injecting it into mice increases their lifespan
Originally posted by Cobaltic1978
Who would seriously want to live for 1000 years?
And to have to buy into BIG pharma to achieve this? Good luck with all that!!
Originally posted by Korg Trinity
Originally posted by Cobaltic1978
Who would seriously want to live for 1000 years?
And to have to buy into BIG pharma to achieve this? Good luck with all that!!
O.k....
Let me chalenge you there...
Exactly why wouldn't you want to live for 1000 years???
Do you desire death??
Korg.
Originally posted by AfterInfinity
Screw eternal youth. If you're that worried about it, you have bigger problems than growing old.edit on 2-5-2013 by AfterInfinity because: (no reason given)
Originally posted by Cobaltic1978
Originally posted by Korg Trinity
Originally posted by Cobaltic1978
Who would seriously want to live for 1000 years?
And to have to buy into BIG pharma to achieve this? Good luck with all that!!
O.k....
Let me chalenge you there...
Exactly why wouldn't you want to live for 1000 years???
Do you desire death??
Korg.
Not particularly, but 1000 years?
All those years of working for the man making some other person rich, while you struggle throughout. When would you retire?
Originally posted by z00mster
The idea of being able to live significantly longer is an attractive one.
I would sign up for that immediately.
However, I see problems with overpopulation.
Our current lifespan, which has already increased significantly in the last century, is partly to blame.
The more people we have walking around, the more we are wearing this planet out.
Unless we stop making babies, we really can't afford to live longer than 120.
I'm just being boringly practical at the mo.
Sorry.