On the one hand, I am not a huge fan of synthetic drugs unless it is absolutely necessary. The side-effects to this kind of treatment could be devastating, and for those who believe in conspiracies about the FDA and the Government, there are allegedly medicines on the market that create new symptoms/diseases and supposedly trap individuals into a cycle of medication. Then again, some of the conspiacy theorists who believe this also believe that suntan lotion has properties that are more likely to give you skin cancer than the sun itself. This would probably be for the rich and I seriously doubt that it would help people live a lot longer.
However, America has this belief that older citizens are a drain on society rather than experience intellectuals who can deliver the best wisdom. Those who are middle-age and drowning in debt could use this drug to stay at work longer and have a better chance of avoiding forced retirement if they look better and not like they're 75. Many employers judge by appearance, so this could give some people a better opportunity at getting hired for a job. They may be more respected in their fields of work if they looked younger (but not too young).
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Originally Posted by PiccoloNamek
Crash is right, cells aren't meant to live forever. A better way to go about doing this is to make it so that a cell can replicate an infinite number of times without degredation. This is called "Biological Immortality" and there are certain types of cells and even living organisms that are biologically immortal. The hard part will be discovering how to do this to ourselves.
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Do you think this drug, if the story is true, could open up the door to the possibility of "Biological Immortality"? I don't know a lot about cellular biology, so I was wondering if it could or could not be a step in that direction.
Jam it back in, in the dark.
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