Do you really want to live that long? Lets face it, after 70 year you're pretty much done. Even with new parts your body will still change. You'll need diapers, a scooter, your skin will be full of blemishes, your teeth will be gone, you'll have pain all the time, and your balls will be dragging on the ground.
You could end up looking like this.
I'll pass. They can give the organs to some young kid. At least he'll get better use of them.
Quality of life enhancement, not just extension, is also not that far off.
The two go hand in hand. It's likely that initially we will see primarily organ replacement, and biomechanical enhancements. We're actually seeing organ replacement now on a very regular basis. Neural interfaces are also being developed.
Then there is the biggest promise, that currently exists IMO. Gene therapy.
If the process of degradation that occurs with cell division can be stopped, and reversed. That's it. You're basically immortal.
Assuming you do not suffer catastrophic physical damage, any part of your body is something that will be replaced. (Possibly even your brain, depending on the level of damage, and some philosophy.)
Why stop there though, and not alter your genetic makeup? Every few years our bodies literally replace themselves. Imagine if over the course of those years all of a sudden your genetic code no longer predisposed you to existing negative conditions! Or allowed you to select positive traits?
Do you really want to live that long? Lets face it, after 70 year you're pretty much done. Even with new parts your body will still change. You'll need diapers, a scooter, your skin will be full of blemishes, your teeth will be gone, you'll have pain all the time, and your balls will be dragging on the ground.
I'll pass. They can give the organs to some young kid. At least he'll get better use of them.
The research that is in motion covers all of the above.. including teeth..
Besides, on teeth alone you can get the implants which is a stud that
a solid tooth is fitted to and as good, if not better than the original..
Im in my mid 30's, so im hopeful..
I agree to give organs to a younger person like a kid, but when they are grown
custom to match your personal biology, its like replacing parts on a car.
There is a kid who had a bladder engineered , and is alive today because of it,
without years of dialysis.
Had he been stuck waiting for a donor, he just might not be here.
His surgery and engineered bladder was 10 years ago, what they have done
since, im sure is much further along.
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