Who wants to live for ever? A scientific breakthrough could mean humans live for hundreds of years - Science, News - The Independent: "'We got a tenfold life-span extension, which is, I think, the longest that has ever been achieved in any organism,' he says.
By knocking out two genes, known as RAS2 and SCH9, which promote ageing in yeast and cancer in humans, and putting the microbes on a diet low in calories, Longo achieved the sort of life extension that should in theory be impossible. As Anna McCormick, head of genetics and cell biology at the US National Institute on Aging, remarked: 'I would say tenfold is pretty significant.'"
