New Drugs May Extend Our Lifespan to 150 Years

[Snailface]

Time to invest in space travel.

 

[geminisama]

You're all worrying about potential side effects and such. This is a chemical found in grape skin. Scientists have suggested that it is why the life expectancy of the French has historically been so high. If this is bad for you then so is concord grapes.

ITS FOUND IN NATURE GUYS THAT MEANS ITS COMPLETELY SAFE
ITS ALL NATURAL

Epic Mechazawa avatar.
On topic, I wouldn't mind living a little longer, but 150 seems a bit too long.

 

[Lacius]

Some people like Ray Kurzweil think immortality is only 20 years away.

 

[DiscostewSM]

If there is one thing I learned about experimental (and even non-experimental) drugs, is that they have warning labels littered with all sorts of possible side effects.

 

[VashTS]

no thanks. i'll take a natural life...however a cyborg life would kick ass! screw biological life, biological creatures deteriorate too fast. give me half steel, half human and im good.

 

[LightyKD]

Time to start eating grapes. I would love to live to 150. If I can live long enough to see humanity make it out the Sol System and a global government, I will die happy!

 

[Yuan]

~70 years lifespan is more than enough to me. Although I wish I could skip some decades on cryogenic sleep (while retaining my age).

 

[Nujui]

I'll die when I die, the grapes may extend it, though you never know what's going to happen to you in that span of time.

 

[SinHarvest24]

Just skimmed though the article, didn't seem like they talked about any side effects.

Looks promising so far....might follow this up a bit.

 

[epicCreations.or]

Gross. I don't want to live that long. Hell I'm not even sure if I want to live to be 80

 

[ZAFDeltaForce]

Many first world countries are already facing the problem of an ageing population. This will merely exacerbate it

 

[TheDarkSeed]

If I did this and lived past 114 I'd be the longest living relative in my family. But I'll let fate decide that and leave the title to my great great grandma.

 

[Hyro-Sama]

Thank goodness a religious battle hasn't broken out. Anyway, why can't I just add grapes into my daily eating routine? Won't that have a similar effect? Who needs pills.

 

[grubbymitts]

that's awful. we don't need cher strutting her koosh for another century.

Oh, I don't know. I could handle that.

 

[Ace]

that's awful. we don't need cher strutting her koosh for another century.

Oh, I don't know. I could handle that.

Isn't the amount of media-attention-whoring things in our lives already a good enough reason to achieve rigor mortis a long time before our projected livespans end?

 

[FAST6191]

Some interesting replies although some serious speculation with little grounding. I am not sure I can claim enough knowledge on the subject to debate it properly but there is a rather large difference between human development and aging and if this targets the latter (others mentioned telomeres which would be in line with what I was hearing about over the last few years- http://ds9a.nl/amazing-dna/ might be good reading)- if it works as it describes it changes a lot of things with regards to disease.
This being said regarding the "youth lasting longer"- you mean the point where most are in their early 20s or worse before starting a proper career and such does not count? Equally it can take even longer to get a proper trade sorted these days and specialise in something do you really want to get good and then retire?

For what it is worth I would forgo kids so as to live significantly longer if population is an issue. Granted I would rather be robot or AI-FAST6191 but a long lasting meat-FAST6191 works as well.

 

[Gahars]

Well, FAST6191, many scientists have predicted that brain uploading is a possibility. We don't have the memory/technology to do such a thing now, or probably for some time, but still; it is something to look forward to.

 

[coolness]

YES, now i can live and play longer
take that nature!!

 

[Hop2089]

Roseveratrol, that's the main ingredient in that bittersweet tasting juice in my fridge.

I wouldn't mind the drugs though if the side effects are mostly minor (like dry mouth), if it has extreme side effects that are common, not worth it.

 

[ShinyLatios]

Take that nature! now I wont die when you want me to! HAHAHAAA--- *gets struck by lightning*