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The episode suggests that immortality is already possible. True or false?
False
The opposite of 'life' is d...........
death
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SANCENATEIRN are people who live past the age of 100.
Centenarians
L _ _ _ e _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ y is how long you are expected to live.
life expectancy
When it comes to living longer it is truly a battle of the sexes. Which gender typically lives longer, men or women?
women, by an average of 11 years globally.
Just 200 years ago no country on Earth had a life expectancy higher than 30/40/50.
40
Gene therapy is one of the scientific methods being explored to extend life. True or false?
True
Scientists have experimented with humans altering gene mutation to increase our life span. True or False?
They have experimented with animals.
For a lot of people the great hope now is the anti-diabetes drug megamorfin/morfine/metformin.
metformin
True or false?
People with diabetes who take a drug called metformin have 30% less chances to develop Alzeihmer's disease.
False
An illness of people, animals, plants, etc., caused by infection or a failure of health rather than by an accident.
D _ _ _ _ _ _
C _ _ _ _ _ _ _ is the process of freezing bodies with the hope of future revival.
Cryonics
In biology, senescence is a process by which a cell ages and permanently stops dividing but does not die.
True or False?
True
living for a long time
L _ _ g _ _ _ _ y
longevity
Living to 100 is a mighty goal but it is not easy. Which country boasts the largest number of centenarians (people over 100).
a. Japan
b. America
c. France
d. India
b. America - with over 97, 000 people over 100.
However ---
Japan has the highest rate of people over 100 per capita with a rate of 6 100-year-olds for every 100,000 people.
Mention AT LEAST 3 symptoms of aging.
For example: high blood pressure
Hearing loss, poor eyesight, weak muscles, hair loss, slow heart rate, decreased mental agility...
Mention some of the leading causes of death in the US.
For example: diabetes
Cancer, heart disease, respiratory diseases, stroke, Alzheimer's...
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SMERSEOTLE which protect our genetic data, make it possible for cells to divide, and hold some secrets to how we age and get cancer.
Telomeres
Name AT LEAST 2 negative consequences of increasing humans' longevity.
longer periods suffering chronic diseases, poor quality of life, exhausting retirement savings, isolation and loneliness...
Humans, relatively speaking, don't live very long. There are animals out there that far outlive us.
Which animal has the longest lifespan?
a. The Greenland Shark
b. The African Elephant
c. a cockroach
d. turtles
a. the Greenland shark. This slow moving preditor loves the deep ocean with an estimated life span of 200-500 years, possibly more.
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As we age, the risk of dying from a chronic disease rcoketsyks.
skyrockets
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Some researchers believe human CSSENOUINOCSS could be uploaded to machines.
consciousness
Name 2 countries in the world that, according to the video, are examples of places where lots of centenarians live.
Sardinia (Italy), Ikaria (Greece)
the measure of the difference of extremes (p.10)
Tree's are gifted with great life spans. The Great Basin bristlecone pine is the prime example with individual trees reaching up to ____________ years old.
500 / 5,000 / 50,000 / 1,000,000
5,000