RE: The Questions Contest #42 | What is the best news you have seen or read this week? | Reply and win SBD & Smartcash!
Hi @thepassenger,
May I suggest an edit to your post and the explanation post you link to in "1. Check the rules and prices of the contest here" My guess is you mean to say "prizes" and "prize" signifying what people could possibly win instead of prices (meaning costs). Sorry, I'm not trying to be a grammar-nazi. ;)
As for the news, as I hope to live a long time, I thought this was relevant:
"Salk scientists adapt powerful gene-editing system to correct dementia in lab.
The revolutionary CRISPR/Cas9 gene editing system made it possible to rapidly and precisely alter DNA, the essential molecule of life. But DNA doesn't work by itself, it relies on the messenger molecule RNA to carry out its instructions.
Salk Institute scientists reported recently that they've invented a new version of the technology that works on RNA, combining CRISPR/Cas9's precision with the ability to turn its effects on and off at will. And because it leaves DNA untouched, it's safer.
A form of dementia may eventually be treatable with the technology, called CasRx. But much more work needs to be done before it can be tried in patients."
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Oh thanks for your suggestion, you are totally right with the prizes/prices misspelled 😂 Regarding your new that's awesome! I believe by 2100 we will be able to live at least 25-30 years more...I don't know if the planet can handle that though...thanks for joining!
Hi @thepassenger, I believe we might be seeing anti-aging solutions become available a lot faster to be honest. And I hope we are lucky enough to fall in what scientists call "the longevity escape velocity curve." For instance, scientists Aubrey de Grey believes there is a 50% chance that there are people alive today that will manage to age to a thousand years. You can read an interview with him here.
As for what the earth can handle, I think most people's views on this aren't very optimistic but without good cause. I encourage you to check out the work of Hans and Ola Rosling. The video below is a good place to start. (The presentation starts at about the 6:30 minute mark.)