With nearly any new medical advancement there are going to be those who support and others who oppose the new ideas. According to some, there is no apparent reason for why the body and minds of humans begin to deteriorate. There is also no explaining why the current human lifespan is often said to be within the 110 year range and varies drastically depending on the species of animal. If there is no necessary reason for the current, limited lifespan, then why should we not try and lengthen it? Since ancient times in Greece, tales of a “fountain of youth” have circulated and as science continues to grow exponentially each year, we have grown closer and closer to reaching the goal of possible immortality. “In the United States, for example,
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It is believed by some that by addressing the specific damages that are responsible for the age-related rise in disease susceptibility, it could reduce the prevalence of most, if not all, age-related diseases adjunctively by “modulating the underlying biology that drives them all, rather than treating each in isolation, as in conventional medicine.” (Rae et al, 2010). The support in this research by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) have been unfortunately low compared to their potential return to research on biological aging. Age-related disease and disability contribute to a large portion of medical costs and are major elements of the decline in productivity and participation in the work force after midlife. It is believed by some that attempting to arbitrate in the retrogressive aging process, it would only delay the appearance of age-related disability and its associated medical costs but, would increase the number of productive workers at one given time and decrease the number of elderly who would be in need of support. As a result, this would allow us to be able to expand the resources that were previously necessary to support the population of the frail …show more content…
There is no denying the obvious effects of aging. These can include graying of hair, wrinkling of the skin, decreases in eye sight ability, worsening of posture, imbalance, loss of memory, deafness, and loss of physical strength and stamina. There are a series of changes that occur within the body and the organs as the body begins to age and eventually deteriorate. These pathological changes that occur during the aging process are obvious signs that the anatomical design of the human body is not compatible with indefinite survival. The structure and anatomy of the human brain displays the same type of animosity. Studies have shown that the brain has limited powers of repair and regeneration. The human body is designed to “last a lifetime” and only a lifetime. Many components of the body have a clearly finite lifespan so in order to make the body last long enough to achieve immortality or even just longer life spans, you would have to completely change the anatomy and physiology of multiple body
It is believed by some that by addressing the specific damages that are responsible for the age-related rise in disease susceptibility, it could reduce the prevalence of most, if not all, age-related diseases adjunctively by “modulating the underlying biology that drives them all, rather than treating each in isolation, as in conventional medicine.” (Rae et al, 2010). The support in this research by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) have been unfortunately low compared to their potential return to research on biological aging. Age-related disease and disability contribute to a large portion of medical costs and are major elements of the decline in productivity and participation in the work force after midlife. It is believed by some that attempting to arbitrate in the retrogressive aging process, it would only delay the appearance of age-related disability and its associated medical costs but, would increase the number of productive workers at one given time and decrease the number of elderly who would be in need of support. As a result, this would allow us to be able to expand the resources that were previously necessary to support the population of the frail …show more content…
There is no denying the obvious effects of aging. These can include graying of hair, wrinkling of the skin, decreases in eye sight ability, worsening of posture, imbalance, loss of memory, deafness, and loss of physical strength and stamina. There are a series of changes that occur within the body and the organs as the body begins to age and eventually deteriorate. These pathological changes that occur during the aging process are obvious signs that the anatomical design of the human body is not compatible with indefinite survival. The structure and anatomy of the human brain displays the same type of animosity. Studies have shown that the brain has limited powers of repair and regeneration. The human body is designed to “last a lifetime” and only a lifetime. Many components of the body have a clearly finite lifespan so in order to make the body last long enough to achieve immortality or even just longer life spans, you would have to completely change the anatomy and physiology of multiple body