~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
The Raelian Movement
for those who are not afraid of the future : http://www.rael.org
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Fountain of youth pill 'is just two years away from shop shelves'
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-1314524/Fountain-youth-pill-just-years-shop-shelves.html
By Claire Bates
Last updated at 11:01 AM on 24th September 2010
Professor Skulachev, 69, has spent 40 years trying to create the elixir of youth
It may sound like science fiction but researchers believe they have
discovered the 'Holy Grail' - an anti-ageing pill that will add
decades to our lives.
Furthermore its creator Professor Vladimir Skulachev said it should be
available to the public within two years
The Russian scientist from Moscow State University, said the drug
works by halting the damaging effects that oxygen can have on the
body's cells.
This would stave off dangerous age-related illnesses thereby adding
years to our lives.
The dream of eternal life has been woven into numerous myths over
thousands of years. According to legend, the Holy Grail - a cup that
was supposedly used by Jesus at the Last Supper - would give
immortality to whoever drank from it.
But while many may dismiss the 69-year-old's claims as outlandish, his
findings have been backed up by the international scientific community
including Nobel prize winner Dr Gunter Blobel.
Dr Blobel from Rockefeller University said: 'It has been shown that
oxidative damage is huge. But we do not have an anti-oxidant of the
type that Professor Skulachev has developed.
'He is clearly the world's best bio-chemist and bio-energetic scientist.'
The cells in our bodies need oxygen to exchange energy but oxygen can
also cause cells to die if it takes on active and poisonous forms.
Natural anti-oxidants have been found to help slow this fatal process
but are not strong enough to have a lasting impact.
Professor Skulachev said: 'Ninety-nine per cent of the time oxygen
turns into harmless water, but there's that one percent that turns
into a super-oxide that later turns into very poisonous elements.
'So the task was to find an anti-oxidant that stops that process.'
Professor Skulachev said he has created innovative anti-oxidants
nicknamed 'Skulachev's ions' after 40 years of hard work.
They neutralise the dangerous form of oxygen inside the cells and have
been designed to travel to within a few nanometers of the position
where they will have most impact in the cell.
Healthy old age: An anti-oxidant treatment will now be tested on volunteers
The professor said the most difficult part of the process has been
trying to prevent any side effects.
However, he said thousands of people have registered to take part in
human trials and that the treatment will be available after around two
more years of clinical testing.
In previous work the professor received acclaim for showing how
special anti-oxidants could double the average lifespan of mice and
keep them healthier for longer.
He has also created synthesised eye drops that restored sight to a
group of blind horses, dogs and rabbits.
Professor Skulachev even used himself as a human guinea-pig and
removed a cataract from one of his eyes.
Biologist Maksim Skulachav, son of Professor Vladimir Skulachav said:
'Finally, we hope that we will manage to convince people that a single
pill treats many threats of ageing. So, it must be doing something
with the ageing itself.
'Then, if authorities will accept this logic, maybe we could somehow
market it as anti-ageing drug.'
Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-1314524/Fountain-youth-pill-just-years-shop-shelves.html#ixzz10UrydzWj
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
WARNING FROM RAEL: For those who don't use their intelligence at its full
capacity, the label "selected by RAEL" on some articles does not mean that I
agree with their content or support it. "Selected by RAEL" means that I believe
it is important for the people of this planet to know about what people think or
do, even when what they think or do is completely stupid and against our
philosophy. When I selected articles in the past about stupid Christian
fundamentalists in America praying for rain, I am sure no Rael-Science reader
was stupid enough to believe that I was supporting praying to change the
weather. So, when I select articles which are in favor of drugs, anti-semitic,
anti-Jewish, racist, revisionist, or inciting hatred against any group or
religion, or any other stupid article, it does not mean that I support them. It
just means that it is important for all human beings to know about them. Common
sense, which is usually very good among our readers, is good enough to
understand that. When, like in the recent articles on drug decriminalization, it
is necessary to make it clearer, I add a comment, which in this case was very
clear: I support decriminalizing all drugs, as it is stupid to throw depressed
and sad people (as only depressed and sad people use drugs) in prison and ruin
their life with a criminal record. That does not mean that there is any change
to the Message which says clearly that we must not use any drug except for
medical purposes. The same applies to the freedom of expression which must be
absolute. That does not mean again of course that I agree with anti-Jews,
antisemites, racists of any kind or anti-Raelians. But by knowing your enemies
or the enemies of your values, you are better equipped to fight them. With love
and respect of course, and with the wonderful sentence of the French philosopher
Voltaire in mind: "I disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death
your right to say it".
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
"Ethics" is simply a last-gasp attempt by deist conservatives and
orthodox dogmatics to keep humanity in ignorance and obscurantism,
through the well tried fermentation of fear, the fear of science and
new technologies.
There is nothing glorious about what our ancestors call history,
it is simply a succession of mistakes, intolerances and violations.
On the contrary, let us embrace Science and the new technologies
unfettered, for it is these which will liberate mankind from the
myth of god, and free us from our age old fears, from disease,
death and the sweat of labour.
Rael
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
-----------------------------------------------------------------
Tell your friends who love scientific news that they can
subscribe to this list !!
They can do it by sending a blank email to:
rael-science-select-subscribe@yahoogroups.com
It's free !
-----------------------------------------------------------------
To unsubscribe, send an email to:
rael-science-select-unsubscribe@yahoogroups.com
-----------------------------------------------------------------
To change your e-mail address, unsubscribe from the old address and subscribe from the new address (see above).
-----------------------------------------------------------------
0 comments:
Post a Comment