Immortality

How can it be achieved?

Biological Immortality: the indefinite prolonging of the life of a biological organism, disregarding potential external factors.

1 billion heartbeatsScientists able to significantly increase heartbeat count in mice over 1 billion

Humans already at up to 3 billion

Transferring Consciousness

Nano-bot Technology

Role of Telomeres

• Fundamental to cell replication– ‘Caps’ at the end of Chromosomes

– Prevent fusing of multiple chromosomes

– Prevent general damage to genetic material

How they are relate to Aging• Telomere Shortening– Telomeres initially ~ 8,000 base pairs– Lose 60-200 pairs per division

– Cells have a replication limit ~ 50• Hayflick Limit

Opposing theories

• Oxidative Stress

• Lack of correlation between starting length of telomere and lifespan

Telomerase

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