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​ 18 Can we live for ever?

Dear student,
The process of ageing do not let us live longer. During ageing free radicals are formed which are very reactive molecules and they destroy cells and tissues leading to decrease in efficiency of organs and finally it leads to death of organism.
Researchers are trying hard to find some way to make anti ageing pills which can curb the formation of free radicals and can increase longevity of life. They are working on mice and yeast model but no such result is positive and till now no pills have been developed to remove ageing process. But there is the possibility that scientist could find a mechanism to remove ageing process and probably we could live forever.

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yes tanmay we can live forever..

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We live in an amazing time: we're starting to think of "ageing" not as a fact of life, but a disease that can be treated and possibly prevented, or at least put off for a very long time. Our knowledge of what causes us to age – and what allows some animals to live longer than others – is expanding rapidly. And though we haven't quite worked out all the details, the clues we are gathering about DNA damage, the balance of ageing, metabolism and reproductive fitness, plus the genes that regulate this, are filling out a bigger picture, potentially leading to drug treatments. But the real question is not how we're going to live longer but how we are going to live well longer. And since many diseases, such as diabetes and cancer, are diseases of ageing, treating ageing itself could be the key.
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