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An end to grey hair and crows-feet could be just 10 years away after scientists showed it is possible to reverse ageing in animals.
Using a new technique which takes adult cells back to their embryonic form, US researchers at the Salk Institute in California, showed it was possible to reverse ageing in mice, allowing the animals to not only look younger, but live for 30 per cent longer.
The technique involves stimulating four genes which are particularly active during development in the womb. It was also found to work to turn the clock back on human skin cells in the lab, making them look and behave younger.
Scientists hope to eventually create a drug which can mimic the effect of the found genes which could be taken to slow down, and even reverse the ageing process. They say it will take around 10 years to get to human trials.
There is also a study paper.
(Score: 0, Disagree) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday December 17 2016, @08:25PM
Stop being asses. I know what Boomers are; I am one - here are the stats on Boomer retirement savings other than relying on SSI (from the Motley Fool guys (look it up)): Less than $50,000 - 37%; Between $50,000 and $100,000 - 13%; Between $100,000 and $200,000 - 14%; Between $200,000 and $300,000 - 12%; Between $300,000 and $500,000 - 9%; Over $500,000 - 15%. 50% of the Boomers will only be able to draw $4,000 a year from their investments to supplement SSI. On average, once retired, it will take about 4% of investment savings a year to cover basic living expenses. To live well, vacation, travel, etc. is more like 7% to 8%. So, pretty much all these Boomers are truly fucked. We are in much better shape than that. We did not have fabulous salaries; we chose to become college educated and have had our share of good and bad jobs, raised 3 kids, got them through college with advanced degrees (they worked for their tuition), lived modestly in a small home with a small mortgage and did not get into leasing shiny new cars every 3 years, big, expensive vacations, motorhomes, etc. as many of our Boomer friends and family did; instead, we invested as much as we could and still be comfortable. We still enjoyed life, went to films, the theater, symphony, but the main goal was to invest. I took a very early retirement because I could. I have friends and family that are Boomers and are pissed because they made different choices. Now, we are the bad guys because we chose to think about the future.
Pensions largely went away 20 years ago, being replaced by 401k accounts; cheaper for employers to let the employee take the risk. AARP estimates that only 10% of retiring Boomers will have a pension, and it will most likely be depreciated.
The best advice I can give you is to get a good broker and get educated on how money should be working for you. Even if you can only invest $10 a week, get started now. Stop pissing away your money making other people wealthy and start working on your own cash flow situation. Based on my experience, most of you will ignore this advice and just get pissed at those that have done it. Kinda like the MAGA folks.