The introduction to Listverse's "10 Sci-Fi Technologies Moving Us Closer to Immortality" reads,
"The average life expectancy is constantly rising as we improve our knowledge of medicine and the human body. We have eradicated diseases, discovered powerful treatments, and figured out how to fix ailments which would have once killed us. Now we’re accelerating even more rapidly in the practice of keeping humans alive, jolting toward something close to immortality with technologies that sound like they’ve been ripped straight from the realm of science fiction."
From growing new body parts to printing a human heart, read their list of medical marvels here. Via Unique Daily.
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Very sci-fi, and an interesting read. I think the best thing that a "sci-fi" technology could do is reduce obesity (and with obesity gone, so will a host of human diseases like type 2 diabetes).
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We're slowly overcoming each one of nature's obstacles, designed to keep our population under control.
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