新的抗衰老藥可以將人類壽命延長到120歲
New anti-Aging Drug Could Extend Human Life Span to 120 Years
新的抗衰老藥可以將人類壽命延長到120歲
Do you ever think that it's kinda crazy that we can order pizza from our cellphones and yet no one can figure out how to stop (or at least slow) the inevitable march towards death? Well, you're not alone.
你是否曾覺得這很瘋狂，我們可以在手機上訂披薩但知道現在卻沒有人能弄明白如何阻止（或是至少減慢）不可避免的死亡？那麼你不是一個人這麼想。
Science has been trying to figure out this whole aging thing for a long time now, and a new development just could be one of those watershed moments in history. According to the New Zealand Herald, a new anti-aging drug is going to be tested on human subjects starting next year. The potential result of this could mean that we, human beings, could extend our life spans to 120 years of age, and be in good health to the very end.
科學研究衰老真相爲時已久，一項新的發現可能會成爲歷史上重要的分水嶺之一。新西蘭研究先驅發現，一種新的抗衰老藥將於明年在人類身上測試。潛在的結果可能意味着我們人類可以延長壽命到120歲，並且到人生的最後都一直保持健康。
The drug in question is a widely-used diabetes pill called Metformin and costs mere cents to make. Metformin helps to increase oxygen flow on the cellular level, thereby slowing the necessary cell divisions that keep our bodies both functioning correctly but ultimately lead to aging. Belgian researchers have tested the drug on roundworms, and have had positive results so the next step is to do a human trial.
討論中的藥是一種廣泛使用的糖尿病藥片叫做甲福明二甲雙胍，並且製造費用微不足道。甲福明二甲雙胍幫助細胞增加氧氣流動，因此減慢了必要的細胞分裂，而細胞分裂既可以保證我們的身體正常運作，也最終導致衰老。比利時的研究員已經在蛔蟲身上測試了該藥，並對下一步的人類試驗持積極態度。
"I have been doing research into aging for 25 years and the idea that we would be talking about a clinical trial in humans for an anti-aging drug would have been thought inconceivable," says aging expert Professor Gordon Lithgow. "But there is every reason to believe it's possible. The future is taking the biology that we've now developed and applying it to humans."
“我已經在衰老問題上研究了25年，我們對抗衰老藥進行人類醫學實驗的想法將是難以置信的，”衰老專家戈登教授說，“但是我們有足夠的理由相信這是可能的。未來將承載在我們所研發和應用的生物學技術上。”
Let's just hope that cosmetic surgery can keep apace of these new developments.
讓我們也期待整容技術可以追上這些新發現的腳步。
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