The Fountain Of Youth: a promise of immortality.  What was once myth might soon become a medical reality.  Although there are many obstacles in the path, our pace has begun to quicken radically as we step into the 21st century. 

For a sobering yet inspiring introduction to the modern science of life extension, check out this presentation of Aubrey De Grey.  called “Rethinking the Future of Humanity”

As crazy as it sounds, researchers keep taking major steps forward on the path to human immortality, as the article below demonstrates.

Genetic pathway critical to disease, aging found

“The discovery of a gene expression pathway and specific enzymes that exert broad influence on the process of oxidative stress has clear clinical relevance, Anderson says, because it could potentially be manipulated to mitigate the damage oxygen does to cells…Oxidation can damage DNA, mitochondria, cell membranes, and other mechanisms and structures essential to the cell. Such damage underpins disease, including in the parts of the body — the heart, the lungs and the brain — that are heavy users of oxygen.

“We’ll be able to get at this new machinery and, hopefully, manipulate it,” says Marvin Wickens, a UW-Madison biochemist who was not involved in the study. New drugs that modulate the enzyme and control its activity could potentially blunt the stress that leads to disease.”

Again, we live in interesting times, and our ability to adapt to these changes is a function of our financial, mental/emotional, and spiritual vitality.  Money, Mission, and Meaning come from a mind, heart, and soul clear about its value and inspired to turn our world into a work of art.  May each new possibility trigger that inspiration and focus your attention on living your Life By Design.