"The first human being who can live to 1000 in this century was born." Dr Aubrey de Grey of Cambridge University once said such shocking things.

He believes that when the repair speed of the body exceeds the damage speed of aging, we are not far from 1000 years old or even eternal life.

Dr. De Gray vividly called this concept "longevity escape". In his eyes, aging is like a black hole. With the help of life science and technology, human beings can try to surpass the "speed of light" and escape from the "black hole" of aging, and finally realize eternal life.

0 1 genius or madman?

It is precisely because of these amazing remarks of Dr. De Gray that he is a crazy scientist in the eyes of many colleagues. He attracts attention by promoting these gimmicks, thus gaining the investment of the rich. The SENS Research Foundation he manages has received more than $20 million in donations, the main purpose of which is to support anti-aging research.

But Dr. De Gray was not satisfied. He doesn't think the money is enough for cutting-edge research. He said, "If one more digit is added in a very small budget, our long-lived escape speed can be at least increased by 1 times". Therefore, many people call Dr. De Gray a "liar", while others think that he is an anti-aging pioneer.

In 20021year, Dr. De Grey was accused of sexual harassment, suspended from his post by SENS Foundation, and finally dismissed. De Gray called it a prank, and said that the SENS Foundation was poorly run, making too slow progress and not fully respecting the wishes of donors.

At the end of last year, he started his own business and set up a new foundation: Longevity Escape Foundation, named after the belief of Dr. De Gray. Unlike the SENS Foundation, this foundation is completely controlled by him from beginning to end. Therefore, only a few weeks after its establishment, he immediately announced the launch of the first research project "Healthy Mouse Rejuvenation Program".

Combination of anti-aging methods, what is the effect geometry?

In this study, we plan to adopt four promising treatment methods and apply them to thousands of middle-aged mice (18 months) in different combinations, in order to increase the average life span of mice by more than 12 months, that is, to more than double the life span.

The four methods mentioned in the study are rapamycin, Vikla, mTERT and hematopoietic stem cell transplantation. Previously, many scientists have conducted in-depth research on one of the methods and confirmed that it does have the potential to prolong life. But together, can the effect of 1+ 1 be greater than 2? We don't know yet.

Compared with these four emerging methods, a scientific research conducted by Harvard University Institute of Aging Biology 20 13 is more mature and has been verified by many human clinical trials. Xin Kelie, a professor of genetics at Harvard University, found that after 60 days of "if you come back", some aging indicators such as telomeres improved. Researcher Sinclair said, "This situation has never happened before."

Subsequently, China, the United States and Japan studied these substances respectively, and the results were surprising. The old people's muscle regeneration ability and endurance are improved, and their glucose and lipid metabolism are improved, showing a "young state". Subsequently, Japanese scientists quickly landed it through fermentation technology and remained in a monopoly position for a long time.

In 20 17, China developed more than 80 patents of "all-enzyme method" technology, which greatly improved the production efficiency, reduced the cost by 95%, and achieved landing results. It flows into China through JD.COM, meeting the needs of thousands of citizens and breaking Japanese control over the high-end health care products market.

With only 1 year, "If You Return" regained 60% of the market share and realized hundreds of millions of revenues. After browsing more than 20 thousand feedbacks, many people said, "The effect is similar to that of Nissan, but the price is much cheaper and smells good." "Sleep more soundly and be full of energy."

Dr. De Gray said that other intervention methods will be tried in the next round of experiments. He consulted a lot of materials from the community and literature and made a list. In the list, "if you return" substances are impressively listed. It seems that scientists are still optimistic about its anti-aging potential.

Serve mankind with one's own knowledge.

Einstein once said: Science is by no means a selfish pleasure. Those who are fortunate enough to devote themselves to scientific research should first serve mankind with their own knowledge. Dr. De Gray is such a person. His attitude towards science is rigorous and pure, and he hopes to use his knowledge to benefit mankind.

Dr de Grey said that he would not wait until the results of the first round came out before conducting the experiment. He will carry out the second round of experiment in about nine months, because time waits for no one.

Franklin, a famous politician, once said: Only two things in the world are inevitable, one is taxation, and the other is death.

Dr de Grey's ultimate dream is to create a world where only taxes are inevitable. Now he has taken the first and most important step on this road.