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Naranja News

Aging to End in Manhattan Beach

By Spencer Kornhaber, Monday, Oct. 19 2009 @ 2:17PM
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Call it an anti-death panel. We just received a press release saying that the world's top aging scientists will converge on Manhattan Beach from November 13 through 15 to figure out how to put off that whole getting-old-and-dying thing.

The scientists, supposedly, will "predict the end of aging by 2029."

Which sounds cool but... We'll all be kinda old by then anyways. Couldn't they get this thing done now?

The topics at the conference will include gene therapy, nanotechnology and, of course, "Organ Re-Growth and Transplantation." Sound like science fiction? Well, yeah. They realize: "Technology has so rapidly caught up with us that what was once the domain of science fiction movies and novels is quickly becoming mainstream medicine. Medical scientists are rapidly perfecting techniques that will enable organs and tissues to be re-grown in a test tube and transplanted, without the need for powerful drugs that poison the immune system."

The conference is being put on by Life Extension Foundation, which is "the largest non-profit organization dedicated to research on extending the healthy human life span." We'd assumed/hoped the organization would be based in Laguna Woods, but it's actually centered in the Laguna Woods of America: Ft. Lauderdale Florida.

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John WOods says:

WOw, that is the craziest thing I have ever seen dude!

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Posted On: Monday, Oct. 19 2009 @ 9:09PM
Jeff Jefferson says:

Is that a bong in the picture?

Posted On: Monday, Oct. 19 2009 @ 9:23PM
Ian McGraw says:

Not a fan of the tongue-in-cheek tone. Aging is quite the killer disease, and should be taken seriously. Wake up people, you're dying.

Posted On: Monday, Oct. 19 2009 @ 9:46PM
Anonymous says:

even if they have the technology to make this happen, they should not allow it to be released to the public. overpopulation is bad enough already, people need to die for the world to function. stupid scientists.

Posted On: Monday, Oct. 19 2009 @ 9:59PM
Anonymous-er says:

Overpopulation is a problem that will be solved by the living. If your not going to be part of that solution, then by all means, don't accept medical treatment as you age.

I recommend you watch these two TED talks and learn:

http://72.3.218.115/talks/aubrey_de_grey_says_we_can_avoid_aging.html

http://www.ted.com/talks/hans_rosling_shows_the_best_stats_you_ve_ever_seen.html

Posted On: Monday, Oct. 19 2009 @ 10:07PM
Anonymous says:

most def a piece. there's the leaf on the bottom right

Posted On: Monday, Oct. 19 2009 @ 10:09PM
Anonymous says:

hell yes its a bong! granny smokin weed

Posted On: Monday, Oct. 19 2009 @ 10:50PM
Anonymous says:

At first glance it does appear as though nanna is puffing on the devil's lettuce. On closer inspection, that is a (very bad) photoshop job. Someone's idea of a joke? The image name is grandma-holding-thumb-250x252.jpg. That's not a thumb.

Posted On: Monday, Oct. 19 2009 @ 10:59PM
Anonymous says:

think I'd just rather die

Posted On: Tuesday, Oct. 20 2009 @ 2:00AM
Anonymous says:

Upps... I'm dead

Posted On: Tuesday, Oct. 20 2009 @ 5:51AM
gette says:

I'll be moisturizing like a mfer until then.

Posted On: Tuesday, Oct. 20 2009 @ 6:08AM
Ryan Bennett says:

Isn't the world suppose to end in 2012 anyway?

Posted On: Tuesday, Oct. 20 2009 @ 8:44AM
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Crazy!, but i don't think it will happen

Posted On: Tuesday, Oct. 20 2009 @ 11:52AM
Jodi Timpson says:

2029 huh? Well I'll be 50 by then so that's not too bad! I guess I can stay 50 forever! x

Posted On: Tuesday, Oct. 20 2009 @ 2:53PM
Matias says:

While it sounds like a rad idea, especially when words like nanotechnology are being used, if this is really what they're going for, maybe we should start looking to colonize our neighbouring planets first. Maybe not to extent of terra forming, but at the very least, artificial environments. Although, there are places like Australia which are hugely under populated. Short of most of the coastal cities, Australias interior is supremely barren. We could relocate these newly young old folks there.

Posted On: Tuesday, Oct. 20 2009 @ 5:33PM
tayyabr says:

hmmm ....

Posted On: Wednesday, Oct. 21 2009 @ 12:05PM

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