Man has been obsessed with immortality since time immemorial that he has devised innumerable potions and procedures that claim to stop the process of ageing thus prolonging lives.
Research institutes and scientific organizations have devoted enormous amounts of time to study, analyze and develop the possibilities of living eternally. So far they failed. All that they came up with are theories and conclusions that didn't actually matter. And the experiments upon which the conclusions were based have been conducted on clueless animals most coomonly on rats.
There is one such foundation called the Methuselah Foundation that awards prizes to researchers who extend the lifespan of a mouse to unprecedented lengths. The prize is named after Methuselah, a patriarch in the Bible said to have reached 969 years of age. Former Cambridge biogerontologist Aubrey de Grey is the chief scientist of the project, and also the co-founder alongside David Gobel. The Mprize has been covered in many news sources, including the BBC and Fortune magazine.
Research institutes and scientific organizations have devoted enormous amounts of time to study, analyze and develop the possibilities of living eternally. So far they failed. All that they came up with are theories and conclusions that didn't actually matter. And the experiments upon which the conclusions were based have been conducted on clueless animals most coomonly on rats.
There is one such foundation called the Methuselah Foundation that awards prizes to researchers who extend the lifespan of a mouse to unprecedented lengths. The prize is named after Methuselah, a patriarch in the Bible said to have reached 969 years of age. Former Cambridge biogerontologist Aubrey de Grey is the chief scientist of the project, and also the co-founder alongside David Gobel. The Mprize has been covered in many news sources, including the BBC and Fortune magazine.
What this foundation is trying to achieve is a very noble thing but it obviously borders on the impossible. Only God have the ability to live forever. We might, in the foreseable future come up with something that extends a life but not to the point of extending it indefinitely.
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Hi - The Methuselah Foundation is absolutely not pursuing immortality. We are simply working to promote research to repair and reverse the damage that happens during aging.
By way of example, knee replacement surgery is a well developed engineering intervention undoing the damage caused by the ageing process. Our efforts at the Methuselah Foundation are aimed at encouraging such engineering and medical interventions at smaller and smaller scales, such that at some point we can benefit from "molecular surgery" where instead of a knee being replaced, individual protein structures etc could be repaired or replaced.
The Immortality described in the Bible is certainly the sole province of God. However, we believe that God is pleased when we use the gift of intelligence and benevolence to reduce suffering...and make no mistake, those who are in nursing homes do NOT want to be there. They would rather be enjoying the wonderful Earth in good health.
Cheers,
Dave Gobel
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