| EDITORIAL W Affiliated partners: HO WANTS TO LIVE FOREVER? A POIGNANT AND
thought-provoking question, but also a possibility given recent advances in anti-ageing medicine. Earlier this year, a scientific paper was published discussing the
possibility of ÔimmortalityÕ in a planarian worm species, which seem to bypass the ageing process seen in organisms that reproduce by sexual
production. And how do they do this? By constantly regenerating the telomeres at the end of their chromosomes. Telomere science seems to be an increasingly fast-growing facet of anti-ageing medicine.
As Peter Charlish explains in his article (page 58), a group of Spanish researchers have found that gene therapy to increase levels of telomerase allows older mice to live both longer and healthier lives. He writes: ÔThe research has been hailed as the first proof-of-principle that gene therapy is a feasible and potentially safe approach to improving the healthy lifespan of older organisms.Õ Indeed, this research, and others like it, could
The planarian worm species
can bypass the ageing process
seen in organisms that reproduce by sexual production.
soon lead to a breakthrough in ÔmedicinesÕ that could slow ® and even halt ® the ageing process. Pharma giant GlaxoSmithKline has already paid $730 million for a research company based at Harvard Medical School, which is well on the way to creating such a pill, and respected scientists such as Dr Aubrey de Grey believes it Ô highly likelyÕ that the first person to reach 150 years has already been born. He also rates the chances of a person living to 1000 years at more than 50%. Science ® and anti-ageing medicine ® is certainly
exciting when one considers promising research such as this. However, while the possibility of immortality is
something man has pondered for centuries, perhaps it is also something that should make us think more carefully. How on Earth would we manage to support a significantly aged population ® and a worldwide population that is already growing at a rate too fast to support. Our population is already ÔoldÕ and the resources needed to sustain it are quickly diminishing. I think that while we strive for eternal youth through serums, toxin injections and a healthy
lifestyle, perhaps living to 1000 wouldnÕt be as interesting as one would hope. And there is a worry that just as Faust made his deal with the devil, immortality through scientific advance might be the downfall of the human race.
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