The chorus of the theme song for the movie Fame, performed by actress Irene Cara, includes the line “I’m gonna live forever.” Cara was, of course, singing about the posthumous longevity that fame can confer. But a literal expression of this hubris resonates in some corners of the world—especially in the technology industry. In Silicon Valley, immortality is sometimes elevated to the status of a corporeal goal.
For the study, Timothy Pyrkov, a researcher at a Singapore-based company called Gero, and his colleagues looked at this “pace of aging” in three large cohorts in the U.S., the U.K. and Russia. To evaluate deviations from stable health, they assessed changes in blood cell counts and the daily number of steps taken and analyzed them by age groups.
Measurements such as blood pressure and blood cell counts have a known healthy range, however, Whitson points out, whereas step counts are highly personal. The fact that Pyrkov and his colleagues chose a variable that is so different from blood counts and still discovered the same decline over time may suggest a real pace-of-aging factor in play across different domains.
The desire to unlock the secrets of immortality has likely been around as long as humans’ awareness of death. But a long life span is not the same as a long health span, says S. Jay Olshansky, a professor of epidemiology and biostatistics at the University of Illinois at Chicago, who was not involved in the work. “The focus shouldn’t be on living longer but on living healthier longer,” he says.
That would suck. I’m 58 and I want to retire today. Work until I’m 115? I’m fine with 85 thank you.
Telomere resilience?
Why would you want to?
The definition of irony 🤣
Why would you want to!! The body still wears out. The bad thing about getting older is, The mind is still sharp and young, yet the body ages much more quickly! I wouldn't want to live that long and see how much more this World can get screwed up!!
definitely not with american 'healthcare'
wish i was born 1000+ years from now ... i think ... not sure which country tho ... can't see USA remaining intact in next 200 or so yrs
What a nightmare. Not for me, thanks.
But why?
Why would you want to do that?
or just follow davidasinclair and read 'Lifespan'
I will encourage the researchers of this article to collaborate with davidasinclair and read about Life Span: why we age and why we should not. Aging is a disease that ought to be treated.
😂
And a picture of 200 yrs old granny smoking and probably drinks too 😁
Even 38 seems unbearable here
I seem to think the BBC reported the same thing at least 5 years ago ...
我不是没看过WHO条目。
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