What this asks
is can we achieve significant longevity with what must be described as item by
item restoration. It seems we should but
I am more inclined to expect any practical system will tackle all tissues and
restoration will remain available for gross damage.
I am actually
optimistic that aging itself can be seriously slowed and actually
stabilized. With that restoration
methods can be awaited for any necessary application. One clear example of this will be dental
restoration already close to leaving the laboratory. The same methods and stem cell methodology
are all allowing us to already replace simple organs with our own replacements.
The next
decade should make the century mark common and continuous sound health as
common. If that is all that were on
tap, we would all take it.
The real
breakthrough will be the cessation of cellular aging and even some
regression. That also suggests that real
success there can slowly regress cellular age back to the human prime which is
typically mid thirties.
Thus I think
that we can make an interesting predictive chart.
Present age
group 45 – 60 60 – 70 70 – 85
Adding one
decade: 75% 25% 10%
Adding two
decades 50% 15% 2%
Adding three
decades 25% 5% <1 o:p="">1>
Adding five
decades 5% 1% <1 o:p="">1>
Note that I am
not now prepared to make this last entry the zero it has been.
What is not so
obvious is that it requires special care to actually be able to tap life
extension options. Possible is a long
way from ready availability, particularly as much of our culture is not
prepared for it nor particularly good choices for true life extension. Once availability becomes clear, everyone
will prepare properly. Today most make a
real mess of it.
How much longevity could be
achieved with rejuvenation of 98.5% of the body
MAY 05, 2014
These approaches and using young stem cells to replace old cells in various locations are heading towards replacing more and more of the body with younger cells. This intuitively would seem to be an effective way to extend lives if the procedures can avoid any harmful effects of replacing the tissue and cells.
By being able to repair or regenerate the spinal cord it would be possible to perform whole body donations.
A whole body donation would be something that is technically feasible but unproven and very expensive with a lot of work to overcome or prevent the damage.
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