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Ben Subhani's Erevna slides related to Immortality through four modern technological sourcesTRANSCRIPT
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Immortality
How can it be achieved?
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Biological Immortality: the indefinite prolonging of the life of a biological organism, disregarding potential external factors.
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1 billion heartbeatsScientists able to significantly increase heartbeat count in mice over 1 billion
Humans already at up to 3 billion
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Transferring Consciousness
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Nano-bot Technology
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Role of Telomeres
• Fundamental to cell replication– ‘Caps’ at the end of Chromosomes
– Prevent fusing of multiple chromosomes
– Prevent general damage to genetic material
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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
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Opposing theories
• Oxidative Stress
• Lack of correlation between starting length of telomere and lifespan
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Telomerase
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