{"id":70909,"date":"2019-09-21T06:10:52","date_gmt":"2019-09-21T10:10:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wavechronicle.com\/wave\/?p=70909"},"modified":"2019-09-16T00:38:26","modified_gmt":"2019-09-16T04:38:26","slug":"how-close-are-we-to-immortality","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/wavechronicle.com\/wave\/?p=70909","title":{"rendered":"How Close Are We to Immortality?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Researchers are working to get to the bottom of longevity, unlocking the secrets to extending our lifespans well into our 100s&#8230; and beyond.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/OoU1zw3CKwM\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>\u00bb\u00a0 Subscribe to Seeker! <a class=\"yt-simple-endpoint style-scope yt-formatted-string\" spellcheck=\"false\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/redirect?event=video_description&amp;v=OoU1zw3CKwM&amp;q=http%3A%2F%2Fbit.ly%2Fsubscribeseeker&amp;redir_token=9maQvi_PNThWtoxB72zlzNOGiQR8MTU2ODY5NDI3M0AxNTY4NjA3ODcz\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">http:\/\/bit.ly\/subscribeseeker<\/a><br \/>\n\u00bb\u00a0 Watch more How Close Are We | <a class=\"yt-simple-endpoint style-scope yt-formatted-string\" spellcheck=\"false\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/redirect?event=video_description&amp;v=OoU1zw3CKwM&amp;q=http%3A%2F%2Fbit.ly%2FHCAWplaylist&amp;redir_token=9maQvi_PNThWtoxB72zlzNOGiQR8MTU2ODY5NDI3M0AxNTY4NjA3ODcz\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">http:\/\/bit.ly\/HCAWplaylist<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Longevity and anti-ageing research: \u2018Prime time for an impact on the globe\u2019<br \/>\n<a class=\"yt-simple-endpoint style-scope yt-formatted-string\" spellcheck=\"false\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/redirect?event=video_description&amp;v=OoU1zw3CKwM&amp;q=https%3A%2F%2Fnews.harvard.edu%2Fgazette%2Fstory%2F2019%2F03%2Fanti-aging-research-prime-time-for-an-impact-on-the-globe%2F&amp;redir_token=9maQvi_PNThWtoxB72zlzNOGiQR8MTU2ODY5NDI3M0AxNTY4NjA3ODcz\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">https:\/\/news.harvard.edu\/gazette\/stor&#8230;<\/a><br \/>\n&#8220;We currently live in a world where ageing is so common that it\u2019s considered by most of the world, including the medical community, as something that\u2019s natural and inevitable. And if something\u2019s considered inevitable, typically you don\u2019t focus on it in the same way as something you can treat. Cancer was a natural part of life at one time, in the same way, that ageing is today. A hundred years ago, doctors didn\u2019t focus on treating cancer as much as we do now, because then you couldn\u2019t do much, if anything, about it. As soon as you show you can modify the disease process, as we learned in the 1970s with the discovery of oncogenes that cause cancer \u2014 and increasingly so today \u2014 then there\u2019s renewed hope, and views about the condition shift.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>There\u2019s no limit to longevity, says a study that revives human lifespan debate<br \/>\n<a class=\"yt-simple-endpoint style-scope yt-formatted-string\" spellcheck=\"false\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/redirect?event=video_description&amp;v=OoU1zw3CKwM&amp;q=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.nature.com%2Farticles%2Fd41586-018-05582-3&amp;redir_token=9maQvi_PNThWtoxB72zlzNOGiQR8MTU2ODY5NDI3M0AxNTY4NjA3ODcz\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">https:\/\/www.nature.com\/articles\/d4158&#8230;<\/a><br \/>\n&#8220;Some scientists have examined demographic data and concluded that there is a fixed, natural \u2018shelf-life\u2019 for our species and that mortality rates keep increasing. Others have looked at the same data and concluded that the death risk flattens out in one\u2019s ultra-golden years, and therefore that human lifespan does not have an upper threshold.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>13 Habits Linked to a Long Life (Backed by Science)<br \/>\n<a class=\"yt-simple-endpoint style-scope yt-formatted-string\" spellcheck=\"false\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/redirect?event=video_description&amp;v=OoU1zw3CKwM&amp;q=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.healthline.com%2Fnutrition%2F13-habits-linked-to-a-long-life&amp;redir_token=9maQvi_PNThWtoxB72zlzNOGiQR8MTU2ODY5NDI3M0AxNTY4NjA3ODcz\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">https:\/\/www.healthline.com\/nutrition\/&#8230;<\/a><br \/>\n&#8220;Researchers report that maintaining healthy social networks can help you live up to 50% longer. In fact, having just 3 social ties may decrease your risk of early death by more than 200%. Studies also link healthy social networks to positive changes in heart, brain, hormonal, and immune function, which may decrease your risk of chronic diseases.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Researchers are working to get to the bottom of longevity, unlocking the secrets to extending our lifespans well into our 100s&#8230; and beyond. \u00bb\u00a0 Subscribe to Seeker! http:\/\/bit.ly\/subscribeseeker \u00bb\u00a0 Watch more How Close Are We | http:\/\/bit.ly\/HCAWplaylist Longevity and anti-ageing research: \u2018Prime time for an impact on the globe\u2019 https:\/\/news.harvard.edu\/gazette\/stor&#8230; &#8220;We currently live in a world where ageing is so common that it\u2019s considered by most of the world, including the medical community, as something that\u2019s natural and inevitable. And if something\u2019s considered inevitable, typically you don\u2019t focus on it in the same way as something you can treat. Cancer was a natural part of life at one time, in the same way, that ageing is today. A hundred years ago, doctors didn\u2019t focus on treating cancer as much as we do now, because then you couldn\u2019t do much, if anything, about it. As soon as you show you can modify the disease process, as we learned in the 1970s with the discovery of oncogenes that cause cancer \u2014 and increasingly so today \u2014 then there\u2019s renewed hope, and views about the condition shift.&#8221; There\u2019s no limit to longevity, says a study that revives human lifespan debate https:\/\/www.nature.com\/articles\/d4158&#8230; &#8220;Some scientists have examined demographic data and concluded that there is a fixed, natural \u2018shelf-life\u2019 for our species and that mortality rates keep increasing. Others have looked at the same data and concluded that the death risk flattens out in one\u2019s ultra-golden years, and therefore that human lifespan does not have an upper threshold.&#8221; 13 Habits Linked to a Long Life (Backed by Science) https:\/\/www.healthline.com\/nutrition\/&#8230; &#8220;Researchers report that maintaining healthy social networks can help you live up to 50% longer. In fact, having just 3 social ties may decrease your risk of early death by more than 200%. Studies also link healthy social networks to positive changes in heart, brain, hormonal, and immune function, which may decrease your risk of chronic diseases.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":8539,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[127],"tags":[97,551,1302],"class_list":["post-70909","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-edu","tag-education","tag-education-saturday","tag-seeker"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/wavechronicle.com\/wave\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/70909","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/wavechronicle.com\/wave\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/wavechronicle.com\/wave\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/wavechronicle.com\/wave\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/wavechronicle.com\/wave\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=70909"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/wavechronicle.com\/wave\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/70909\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":70910,"href":"http:\/\/wavechronicle.com\/wave\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/70909\/revisions\/70910"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/wavechronicle.com\/wave\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/8539"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/wavechronicle.com\/wave\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=70909"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/wavechronicle.com\/wave\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=70909"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/wavechronicle.com\/wave\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=70909"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}