In recent years, for a person, death has become no longer inevitable, but rather a technical problem. Which he is going to solve in the near future. And if you remember how little we knew about the human body in 1900 and how much knowledge we acquired in just one century, there are grounds for optimism in this direction.
Some famous scientists suggest that the first immortals will appear by 2050. Rather immortals. Since they can still die from injury or illness, however, they can live indefinitely if this does not happen.
Today, the most progressive scientists are working on the biggest problem for humanity. And I must say not in vain. More recently, geneticists have been able to extend the average lifespan of the Caenorhabditis elegans worm tenfold. A group of scientists from the University of Arkansas showed that a mutation in a gene that is similar to the human gene involved in the production of insulin and insulin-like growth factor (IGF-1) can increase the life cycle.
In the meantime, some scientists are fighting death, others are striding with leaps and bounds to another human dream - eternal youth. And also with great success. Curiously, the tasks of these two groups do not overlap. Since the latter came close to solving the issue of prolonging the active phase of a person's life, and not his immortality. In other words, if they succeed, the person will remain young until his death. But by the age of 80-90 it will still leave this world, since its resource will be exhausted. So the expression - I don't want to die young will become more relevant than ever.
Author: Marat Arnis