Would you like to live for another 50 years?

50 years longer? Or just 50% longer than they would have done without the drug - i.e. possibly 5-10 years longer?

Depends on the side effects. Not if it meant constipation, or turned you into a zombie.

But I'm not fed up with life just yet so yes, provided I could stay reasonably healthy and keep the marbles I've got now.

It's not clear from the article (in today's Telegraph) what the effect will be on existing pensioners, maybe they won't know until the trial is finished (or until everyone on the trial dies!). But it says people could live and be fit up to the age of 120.

No!

All depends on health for me.

No thanks

Is it 50 years longer or 50% longer from when you take the drug?

Yes please, if I'm still healthy and not a burden!

And if it were from start of drug, how would you know it was 50%? What if you were due to die the next month, then you would only live for two months ? Not sure I've understood.

God no!!

Not feeling as I do - every day has its struggles.

That would definitely bugger up the NHS, wouldn't it?
We're already living 'too long' hence the mess it's in so goodness what would be the outcome! I guess it's fine if you're fit and healthy but if already in ill health.......

No thanks, count me out

Why don't they the research money into sorting out the things that trouble us in later life, rather than magic wonder pills to make us live longer?

Is it April 1st?

However, I could get all those UFOs finished .....

Not if it meant constipation

starbird can you do a link?

It was an accidental finding that a cheap drug used on diabetics seemed to make them live longer, so now they want to test it on non diabetics. It works by oxygenating the cells so that they carry on dividing and renewing instead of slowing down as in old age. Experiments on animals indicate it could prolong a healthy life in humans to 120 years at least, but how would we cope with the population increase, employment etc? Who would want it, apart from the very rich?

I might get everything done that needs doing.

Then again, I could spend more time procrastinating
But then again, if it speeds up my cells it may speed me up as well

No, my replaced joint would not cope that length of time and would there be enough money to pay our pensions? Is there not a general moan now that we are living too long?

Can you imagine what the government would do, at the prospect of us all drawing our state pensions till we were 120? The pension age would probably be raised to 100

Sorry Charleygirl, X posts

Can you imagine what the Intergenerational Foundation would make of it Charleygirl?

It would give us all more time to watch Midsomer Murders

And catch up with Lewis!

And use up all our fabric and wool stash