Rod's Daily Encouragement

From: http://www.thecureisnow.org/index.php/our-strategy/research-projects/aging-research This is one of the most encouraging things I've ever heard. Dr. Aubrey de Grey, Chief Scientist at SENS Foundation, believes that if science progresses at its current rate and it addresses the damage caused to cells by aging, we can live forever. The graph below explains the logic of living forever. The top right hand corner of the graph describes what you are like when you are born. You have your maximum level of life reserves. As you age, you use up your reserves. The first diagonal line describes your life without cellular-level repair. The blue line shows what happens if you get repaired late in life--you get about 30 more years. If you get repaired early enough you get repaired AND live long enough for the next revolution in cellular repair science. You get another 30 or so years, enough time for another scientific revolution. Those "revolutions" are represented by the jagg