The Importance Of Immortality

Immortality is the ability of being able to exist for an indefinite period of time. According to Abrahamic religions, after the body dies, soul exists and According to Indian Religions, there is a concept of reincarnation; a soul begins new life as another living creature. Biological immortality refers to a decreasing rate of mortality from cellular senescence as a function of chronological age. Living organisms may achieve this state either throughout their existence or after living long enough. A biologically immortal living being can still die from means other than senescence, such as through injury or disease. The link between biology and Immortality can be derived from the definition of Biology that it is a natural science concerned with

In Recent years, the technology has experienced many significant innovations. Same goes for Biological aspect that has presented real life evidences to ensure and prove the validity of Immortality. In ancient times, in Western Alchemy, Alchemists discovered a powdered substance and named it “Philosopher’s stone”, as it had the ability to transform base metals into precious ones and it was believed that an elixir of life could be derived from the Philosopher’s stine. Elixir of life is a liquid that is capable of prolonging life and retarding aging and is believed to grant Immortality to the one who drinks it. The Philosopher stone was thought to cure illness, prolong life and bring spiritual revitalization, (Philosopher’s stone, and n.d). In Recent years, Experiments done on SAMP8 type of mice have convincingly shown that dietary Resveratrol increased lifespan, (Bhullar, 2015). Dietary Resveratrol is a polyphenol found in grapes and red wine, and has been reported to do calorie restriction. As shown in SAMP8’s case, resveratrol affects the body and increases lifespan by benefiting the metabolic rate, insulin sensitivity, mitochondrial biogenesis and physical endurance while it reduces

The same text claims that we can inherit environmental factors that will lead to aging, such as pollution and diet that can affect ageing even if biology prospers (Ball, 2015). Ageing can occur in many ways; cells may stop dividing causing cancer and senescent cells a waste of space and may create problems for immune system. By time, cells also suffer general wear and tear because of oxidative damage (Ball, 2015). The Resveratrol is thought to activate sirtuins, although what they do in counter ageing is still unclear and controversial (Ball, 2015). Furthermore, few studies have reported that resveratrol increased atherosclerosis and DNA damage (Bhullar, 2015). Also, Miller (as cited by Ball, 2015), suggests that de Grey’s approaches to reach Immortality has some serious conceptual limitations. According to (Hayflick, 2000), normal cultured cell populations are mortal while Immortal cells are abnormal and have properties of being cancer cells. The same text claims that Cell lines, like HeLa, which are considered to be immortal and have been cultivated for many years. However, these have never been studied as an isolate culture, which is why these cannot be considered as immortal. (Olshansky, 2013), states that the bridges that need to be crossed do not promise Immortality as the Biological advancements, the bridges contains, do not have empirical evidence to prove the