Hi everybody, I just wondering is it possible to have immortal body? Body without being affected by aging, and only way of it being affected is by mortal wound from another person (or from yourself if you are carless like falling off of 10 story building).
Is it possible?
From what I know, there is no evidence of it being possible or inpossible
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The whole body degenerates as we get older, so if there is no sign of that getting fixed we can never be immortal.
Think about what happens to the brain as we get older, that isnt good at the moment ...
Maybe its something which we can never fix.
There is some research going on with some of the cellular degeneration from getting older but I treat what I read with a grain of salt. If it's to be believed it's possible in the distant future to negate the impacts of aging on a cellular level.
Edit: typo
Your mind in a robot body. Other than that, no... [:sick:]
Don't forget the robot had to be rust proof. Sounds something like Eve online what you're suggesting.
Yes that is the only way it could happen in the foreseeable future.
Aubrey de Grey - Watch one of his vids on aging. His ted talk is good. https://www.ted.com/talks/aubrey_de_grey_says_we_can_avoid_aging ============= Then there is the immortal jellyfish
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turritopsis_dohrnii ============= Without a doubt, Having immortal bodies is possible. Immortal minds is far less likely. And i think artificial bodies will likely come before we jury rig ours to last indefinitely.
Our bodies currently are designed to degenerate :(
It's the way we are built . Sort of reminds me of the original blade runner.
Telomeres dictate the imperfect replications of cells :)
"Telomeres form the ends of human chromosomes. Telomeres shorten with each round of cell division and this mechanism limits proliferation of human cells to a finite number of cell divisions by inducing replicative senescence, differentiation, or apoptosis."
telomeres are regenerated during reproduction though (as seen by each generation not having a shorter lifespan than the last) so if we can figure out a way to regenerate them in old people's DNA then immortality? :o
Essentially yes :) Even artificial tellomeres theoretically tell cells to reproduce as if they were young. Provided you have the genetic information and a source of the right materials. Why should cells deteriorate:?
Personally i think it follows a deterioration of the mind. Maybe not directly, but through an evolution like process. Urm... so kinda like cells lerned to limit themselves to a point where the minds integrity wasn't lost thereby swapping certain issues for the trouble of physical deterioration...... Or summin like that.
A better way to put that, If it is possible, Then why did we not evolve to be immortal anyways?
i suspect having deteriorating telomerase has something to do with cancer, so if cells could divide infinitely then cancer would be much worse
so the actual problem is: 1. cure all types of cancer and then 2. immortality!
https://www.jpost.com/HEALTH-SCIENCE/A-cure-for-cancer-Israeli-scientists-say-they-think-they-found-one-578939They saying there may be cure for cancer, though I doubt they are first people to try. Many many others trying for sure. Though, if it is success, then may be possibility?
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Telomeres shorten as we age (because of successive cell division). Shortened telomeres are linked to genomic instability which can help to create "immortal" cancer cells. Of course, cancer cells aren't really immortal, they're just called immortal because they ignore the DNA Damage Response mechanisms and fail to die - living past the normal barriers of cell senescence and apoptosis to blossom into cheery little tumours.
My apologies to the OP for derailing his thread with some actual science.
You just need to get yourself a good portrait for the dining room wall.
They actually have identified a chemical called telomerase that slows this degeneration. Sadly it causes cancer. So cure that, and this is a go!
Telomerase is what restores telomeres during reproduction right? Telomerase doesn't necessarily cause/increase chance of cancer then lol, obviously not a bunch of babies have cancer