Millions long for immortality

Entertainment value or for information? Not 100 percent sure. Also, 7 other things worth knowing today.

People have searched for the fountain of youth since the beginning of time. I suppose that’s why I’ve kept an eye on some British scientists whose experiments a few years back were called "exciting" progress on the road to literally "reverse aging."

Now, I do not want to oversell this. In truth, I’ve gone back and forth, and I’m honestly not sure if I’m sharing this for entertainment value or for information. But with that caveat in mind, it’s worth a look.

The scientists conceded that a real-life "anti-aging pill" is still far in the future, but they also say they’d made noteworthy progress in "revers[ing] the aging of human cells," which in turn, "could provide the basis for future anti-degeneration drugs."

Slowing down aging is not necessarily synonymous with extending life. But they're related concepts.

The theory that professors Lorna Harries and Matt Whiteman of the University of Exeter medical school in England articulated is that as we grow older, our bodies generate "senescent c…