elizsia Posted January 13, 2016 Share Posted January 13, 2016 Forget about transhumanism. Idea... Each human being holds their own immortalised DNA within their reproductive system.. Sperm cells, Embreonic cells all house Immortalised DNA. All you need to do is break down those cells, either find a cell that has the immortal DNA and allow it to multiply or use all the cells. Here is how it works.. You aged DNA will recognise the Immortalised DNA within the cells seeing as the immortalised cells are produced in your own body, and they will prefer to have the Immortalised DNA over the aged DNA. When you inject or consume the Immortalised DNA, it will gradually take over the old DNA. Eventually you will start to age in reverse, the immortalised DNA will start to age, so you will only age half way from your current age. The problem is trying to break down the sperm cells and embreonic cells without destroying them.. This would be relatively cheap to do.... Test my Idea... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Endy0816 Posted January 13, 2016 Share Posted January 13, 2016 You'll want to look at telomeres. Basically each replication your DNA shortens. To counteract this, you need only make it longer again(telomerase). Telomeres aside, it is the same DNA though. Part of what creates such a strong incentive for cells to work together(for awhile anyways). Immortality is the easy part. Problem is that fully repairing DNA is not so easy. Cancer, is a good example of this problem. It is immortal, but is not playing by the rules and worse has access to our entire playbook. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daecon Posted January 13, 2016 Share Posted January 13, 2016 What do you mean by "immortalised"? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StringJunky Posted January 13, 2016 Share Posted January 13, 2016 What do you mean by "immortalised"? They won't self-destruct - apoptose. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CharonY Posted January 13, 2016 Share Posted January 13, 2016 So, cancer? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kisai Posted January 13, 2016 Share Posted January 13, 2016 What is the process in which "immortalized" DNA is recognized and preferred by "aged" DNA? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StringJunky Posted January 13, 2016 Share Posted January 13, 2016 (edited) What is the process in which "immortalized" DNA is recognized and preferred by "aged" DNA? I presume you mean 'over; not 'by' . Apoptosis-able cells are self-selecting, only the immortal cells will be left in the end. Apoptosis (from Ancient Greek ἀπόπτωσις "falling off") is a process of programmed cell death that occurs in multicellular organisms. Biochemical events lead to characteristic cell changes (morphology) and death. Edited January 13, 2016 by StringJunky Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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