Indefinite lifespan Essays

During Odysseus’ decade-long journey to his home, he encounters many forms of suffering, the most prevalent being transformative in nature. Transformative suffering, which is typically caused by mortals, themselves, alters a mortal being; albeit physically, mentally, or emotionally. In the first few years of his journey, Odysseus suffers the loss of much of his crew. He loses men while plundering a small island; he loses some to the lotus esters; and a few to Polyphemus. Throughout all these sufferings

lead to near-immortality. In other words, the average life-span of human populations will grow indefinitely. Malthus combats these propositions with the suggestion that there is no data from human lifespans (at his time) to support Condorcet’s theory. If humankind had shown no patterns of lengthening lifespans, then why would any true believer in science and reason accept that there would be patterns of this kind in the future? Malthus suggests that to believe that such increasing patterns could suddenly

includes an action of ribonucleoprotein enzyme complex telomerase. Telomerase helps in the elongation of telomeres through nucleotide addition by catalyzing the de novo synthesis of TTAGGG repeats, thereby counteract shortening, of telomeres and allow indefinite cell proliferation. The telomerase levels

Bargain purchase A bargain purchase consists of financial assets acquired for less than fair market value. In a bargain purchase business combination, a corporate entity is acquired by another for an amount that is less than the fair market value of its net assets. Bargain purchase arises when the price paid for the fair value of the equity shares of the investee is less than the fair value of the net asset of the investee on the acquisition date. In a situation where the investor acquire

Sypharochiton pelliserpentis S. pelliserpentis has a dorsal shell that is made up of eight shell parts known as valves. These eight valves are bound together by a girdle which is strong and flexible and circles the valves. This particular species of chiton has its plate overlapping to resemble snake’s skin, thus, being colloquially referred to as the snakeskin chiton. The valves of S. pelliserpentis are very hard and allows the chiton to lay flat against a rocky surface. S. pelliserpentis has many

Internal vs External Experiences: The Evolution of Human Thought Human thoughts are formed when neurotransmitters are sent through the dendrites of one microscopic cell to the axon terminal of another. Memories are when the neurotransmitters that were sent during a particular thought or experience are sent again. Unfortunately, signals cannot be resent in exactly the same way, therefore altering what we remember. Eventually, if one remembers something enough times, that memory is completely altered;

Telomerase Telomerase is a specialised ribonucleoprotein reverse transcriptase enzyme[1]. It carries its own RNA molecule. Telomerase is functional at the tips of chromosomes in areas known as telomeres. The main function of telomerase is to extend the 3' ends of DNA strands by adding 'TTAGGG' repeat sequences as it is not possible for DNA polymerase to replicate 3' ends. Elizabeth Blackburn (molecular biologist, co-discoverer of telomerase and co-winner of the 2009 Nobel Prize for Physiology or

As science becomes more advanced, research and testing of ways to heal the human body often leads to controversy over the moral and ethical dilemmas. The controversy over embryonic stem cell research has let to arguments over the funding of such research. Opponents to the research claim embryos are human lives and harvesting stem cells from them destroys the embryo thus kills a human life (SAUNDERS). Proponents argue the tremendous advantages to human health using embryonic stem cells that cannot

Introduction Cathay Krebs, director of the Children's Rights Litigation Committee, reported that between 120,000 and 200,000 teens are subject to the abuse of the troubled teen industry (Krebs 2021). The troubled teen industry can be defined as an industry made up of wilderness programs, residential treatment centers, and reform schools which incarcerate thousands of minors for issues their parents deem as atypical or abnormal (Kushan 2017). The qualities that define a troubled teen include disabilities

could be a million centenarians across world by 2030. To date, world's longest-living person on record lived to 122 and in Japan alone there were more than 44,000 centenarians in 2010. Some researchers say, however, that the trend towards longer lifespan may falter due to an epidemic of obesity now spilling over from rich nations into the developing

Thanks to stem cells, the human body can get a whole new skin approximately every four weeks, a new gut lining every few days and a staggering two million new red blood cells every second. Stem Cells are special cells who can rapidly divide for an indefinite period and have the potential to become any specialized cell type. Dr. Panno a professor at Simon Fraser University defined stem cells best when he said, “when placed in a culture, stem cells grow and divide”(Panno

aspects to it. It has the ability to break physics, possibly last forever, and can be affected by gravity while not being physical. I will be discussing all of these aspects along with much more in this paper. The exact definition of time is: "The indefinite continued progress of existence and events in the past, present, and future regarded as a whole"(Marian-Webster). Scientists know one thing for sure, and that is time moves forward. It may not seem weird if someone said, "Time is infinite." However