{"id":80,"date":"2008-06-09T20:15:52","date_gmt":"2008-06-10T03:15:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chasingeden.com\/?p=80"},"modified":"2008-06-10T07:16:46","modified_gmt":"2008-06-10T14:16:46","slug":"a-cure-for-aging","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/chasingeden.com\/?p=80","title":{"rendered":"A cure for aging"},"content":{"rendered":"\t<p>I&#8217;ve read a fair amount lately about resveratrol (found in red wine, said to slow aging), and other related compounds that affect SIRT1 and SIRT2 gene expression, as well as people trying to mimic the effects by caloric restriction (something found to increase life spans pretty dramatically in lab animals).  Then there are those chasing drugs that lengthen telomeres, bind free radicals, repair mitochondrial DNA, etc., etc&#8230;..blah, blah, and so on.<\/p>\n\t<p>I&#8217;m not going to comment about whether or not I think any of it works currently&#8230;since I don&#8217;t know; however, I do know that whether or not we are genetically programmed with a clock that runs out, or we die simply because we wear down&#8230;..you <strong>can <\/strong>slow, and perhaps <strong>stop <\/strong>the process of aging.  It will happen.  It is definitely possible.  Its not even worth arguing.<\/p>\n\t<p><strong>What puzzles me is how short sighted people have been about the importance of the research. <\/strong> We pour billions and billions and billions of dollars into cancer research, heart disease prevention, obesity treatments, Alzheimer, Diabetes, Parkinson&#8217;s, Strokes etc., etc.<\/p>\n\t<p>Guess what?  Those (and many more I couldn&#8217;t think of off the top of my head) <strong>are all diseases of aging<\/strong>.  I can cure 8 of the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.infoplease.com\/ipa\/A0005110.html\" target=\"_blank\">top 10 causes of death<\/a> in the US with <strong>ONE DRUG<\/strong>, one that stops aging.<\/p>\n\t<p>This is the f#cking mother load of drugs.  It is a literal cure-all.  It will also cure or slow wrinkles, improve fitness, decrease chronic pain&#8230;..I could go on and on.  It is the single most important thing to ever happen to medicine, perhaps to mankind.<\/p>\n\t<p>It will extend productive working years.  Think of how much more inventive our greatest minds will be if they don&#8217;t age??  Einstein could&#8217;ve kept on thinking, more sharply, for decades.  The economy will prosper like never before.  It will be a literal golden age.  (yes, overcrowding will become a problem&#8230;but people living in space will happen more quickly.)<\/p>\n\t<p>In short, pretty much <strong>ALL<\/strong> money currently being spent on medical research should be diverted to the study of aging.  The government should be handing out grants in flocks; its in their best interest to keep us alive, healthy, and working.<\/p>\n\t<p>Why try to beat stroke, cancer, heart disease, obesity, Alzheimer&#8217;s and diabetes???&#8230;.when its plain that young people do not suffer from these ailments to nearly the same degree as the elderly.  ONE DRUG&#8230;.cures them all.<\/p>\n\t<p>Anyway, mark my words&#8230;..Nanotechnology, cold fusion, gene therapy, stem cells, quantum computers, whatever&#8230;.they&#8217;re all bunk.  Anti-aging medicine will be the biggest thing to hit mankind&#8230;.like, pretty much ever.\n<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;ve read a fair amount lately about resveratrol (found in red wine, said to slow aging), and other related compounds that affect SIRT1 and SIRT2 gene expression, as well as people trying to mimic the effects by caloric restriction (something found to increase life spans pretty dramatically in lab animals). Then there are those chasing [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0},"categories":[1],"tags":[47,46],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p3IMYj-1i","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":99,"url":"http:\/\/chasingeden.com\/?p=99","url_meta":{"origin":80,"position":0},"title":"1997, not a bad year&#8230;","author":"kellio","date":"September 19, 2008","format":false,"excerpt":"So many people have contacted me through Facebook lately.\u00a0 Its strange to relive some of that; sometimes to be forced to.\u00a0 Tessa wrote me recently.\u00a0 I lived with her for a bit at Ein Gedi...in 1997 I think it was. 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