How long do you want to live? It is not surprising that no one gave me the answer: 1000 years, or,

And it makes the person life better by increasing physical activity, and it alleviates any previous pain that could have been associated with the previously damaged organ. However, complications have arisen in today's society due to the increase in demand for organs, and the decreasing amount of organ donors that have supplied organs to be used. Other complications involve the blood type of the donor and the patient, as well as integration. Integration becomes an issue when the patient's immune system attacks the organ as it is classified as an imposter and a threat to the survival of the patient, causing the patient to have to use up more medical resources to prevent the immune system from doing this. Because organs are quite precious, it means that today, there should be a regulation in order to prevent people using them who do not need them, and to stop people from using too many to prolong their own life (if they are elderly or have terminal cancer,

The thought of being an immortal may be something that mankind can never understand or figure out, after all science can only go so far. No human has ever been an immortal, as for a human’s cells that is a different story.

With a respectable argument against the idea of pharmaceutical advances eventually leading to immortality, Lexchin uses multiple forms of rhetoric, mostly logos, to sway the readers. He sets our deep fantasies of someday being able to live forever against our rational minds and backs up his case with sound logic and viable examples that leave us no doubts about human limitation.

In Chapter 27 “The Secret to Immortality” of The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks Rebecca Skloot provided an explanation to why HeLa cells were “immortal” unlike other mortal cancer cells; the p53 tumor suppressor gene had been “turned off” by the Human Papilloma Virus Lacks had. She mentions how according to the Hayflick Limit, human cell’s were able to replicate an average of fifty times. In addition, she explains how telomeres in cells shrink slightly every time the cell divides. According to Aging Cell’s 2004 article “The Cellular Lifespan and Senescence Signalring in Embryonic Stem Cells,” tumor cells “have high telomerase activity” yet they are not immortal. HeLa cells, similarly to Embryonic Stem (ES) Cells have the tumor suppressor gene p53 turned off. This differentiates HeLa from other tumor cells; while other tumor cells will replicated more than the average cell and eventually reach senescence, HeLa continues to replicate to this day thanks to the HPV virus that turned off its

The medical industry had been achieving more in the stage of medical advancements, though they are still in the early phase. Artificial organs have been one of those achievements. Although they have achieved such, artificial organs are not perfect. Most doctors as well as patients would prefer to replace a dying organ with a compatible human organ, rather than with an artificial or animal organ. Yet due to a there being less organs donated than recipients, artificial and animal organs are becoming more common in transplants. Most of this issue is because people are unaware of how organ donation works, the organs that can be donated, how many people are in need, and the advancements that have happened in the field. Organ donation saves hundreds of lives every year, but many lives are recklessly lost due to a shortage of organ donors.

research on adult stem cells could be looked at as a very real possibility. As Sen. Sam

Stem cells are not only limited to just organs but diseases as well. Stem cells are cells that every human carries that have the function to specialize into what our body needs. Thesis From the viewpoints of a utilitarian the overall consequences are minimal compared to the overall utility that we gain from using stem cells. The problem that arises from using stem cells is if we are having too much power in creating life.

As technology advances and medical procedures and research expand, new treatments and new conflicts are created. A problem that has always plagued medical science is failing organs. As of today, organ failure is impossible to reverse and the only solution is replacement. There is a massive demand for healthy organs and with this demand comes the issue of bioethics.

There may be a need of many organs and tissues such as the heart, lungs, liver, kidneys, pancreas, corneas, bone, skin, heart valves, and blood vessels

The average human lives around 75 years. Each life is hung by the string of immortality. The

In the final chapter of Life ascending, Nick Lane explains that we will not live forever; we can prolong our lives and our diseases caused by aging but we will all meet the four horsemen. His reasoning has multiple points of support:

There have been studies on the limit of how many times a cell can divide, and it was later shown that telomere shortening was just slowly counting down to the deterioration of the cell (Okereke, Prescott, & Wong, 2012).

These reactions will likely produce chronic inflammation, which is thought to contribute to many chronic, and terminal diseases such as alzheimer 's or cancer. This theory allows us to focus on the immune system, more specifically areas in which cells deteriorate or diversify too much. Once we are able to target which specific parts of the immune system causes it to deteriorate, cell repair potential is likely. If immune cell deterioration is due to diversification of human cells, one will one day be able to either slow the process or stop specific areas to allow the immune system to be strong and thus the likeliness of diseases such as alzheimer 's or diabetes will decrease. Another theory of aging is the Wear- and Tear Theory. This theory describes the aging process as the general deterioration of our body over time, whether it be environmental factors or just degeneration of our body 's structure and core. Like a car, over time we become less functional exposure to “radiation, toxins, and ultraviolet light can damage our genes,” as well as our own body 's functioning. Some nerve cells of the brain do not replicate or replace themselves as we age, so function will be lost as well. As our cells divide, it shortens the “telomeres of the chromosomes,” which will ultimately not be able to divide anymore as well. This theory allows one to understand the general

Causes of aging are very uncertain. Besides, there are several factors which predispose an individual to premature aging. Current theories suggest that this process occurs to due to cellular damage such as DNA oxidation by free radicals causing

sure if there are any documented cases of immortality but being a believer of holistic medicine and acupuncture I can see the benefits herbs in my life today.