Life being a process of "self-sustained and self-
generated action" (Ayn Rand), if there were some
way that it were guaranteed to continue forever,
the very guarantee would mean that it would no
longer be self-sustaine and self-generating, and
then it would no longer be life.

The important fact, from the actual Stanford Report, overlooked in the marketing video, is that the new procedure DOES NOT CAUSE CANCER. So the whole RNA whatever that the Stock Fund marketer went on about is incorrect.

"The transient effect is somewhat like tapping the gas pedal in one of a fleet of cars coasting slowly to a stop. The car with the extra surge of energy will go farther than its peers, but it will still come to an eventual halt when its forward momentum is spent. On a biological level, this means the treated cells don’t go on to divide indefinitely, which would make them too dangerous to use as a potential therapy in humans because of the risk of cancer."

The simple fact is all cells die by necessity. The body regulates the production of cells as the means of maintaining homeostasis and the corollary is called "apoptosis" or the process by which cells terminate themselves. This allows the new cells to grow. But the video is a sham as it uses false science to sell a report to get you hooked on buying future stock growth.

First what is a Nobel Laureate?

Well ANYONE who is part of the European Union, IPCC, Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons, International Atomic Energy Agency; Al Gore, Barack Obama, United Nations; International Campaign to Ban Landmines;, Pugwash Conferences on Science and World Affairs, or roughly 2 billion other people. So being a Nobel Laureate is pretty much a worthless thing anymore to claim to be one of.

Having said that... If these two did discover something this significant then they would be ACTUAL Nobel Prize Winners.which would include dinner with the King of Sweden.

As to immortality; you can always put an end to it yourself. Where do you sign up to be an experiment subject?

I can think of nothing in the world more boring than living forever.

Ah, I see. A scam. A lot of these papers are.

I would really like to see the next 500 years. As I am nearer 70 than 60 and am frequently mistaken for much less, the availability to age back 25 years is appealing, especially if the treatment can be taken serially PRN. Granted, at a certain point, you reach a point of negative value (with the current program) but who is to say a more efficacious treatment will not be available by then. Read the Honor Harrington series by David Weber for a generational upgrade to a prolong program.

these guys should think about levi genes they live forever.
seems to me they are like politicians who never do anything but talk talk talk without saying anything. they are going to die and they will go to the grave thinking that there is an immortality gene unless they talk to me. I will then advise them that there is none so they can die in peace knowing they did work for naught. its all bs

The deaths of both my parents (my father just this month) was an escape from senility (Alzheimer's for my mother), falling down a lot and complete helplessness.
I'd rather get hit by a truck before I bow out like that.

I would suggest reading "After many a summer dies the swan" by Huxley. This story explores the consequences of immortality and narcissism and growing old with no hope of death.

If that report had any grain of truth to it, you'd be seeing revolution.

I think the link provided is an advertisement for a product that does not exist. IMO, Its a con, offerring a tiny bit of truth to suck people in to buying snake oil.
Here is a quote from Stanford about the study:
"“This study is a first step toward the development of telomere extension to improve cell therapies and to possibly treat disorders of accelerated aging in humans,” said John Cooke, MD, PhD. Cooke, a co-author of the study, formerly was a professor of cardiovascular medicine at Stanford. He is now chair of cardiovascular sciences at the Houston Methodist Research Institute.

“We’re working to understand more about the differences among cell types, and how we can overcome those differences to allow this approach to be more universally useful,” said Blau, who also is a member of the Stanford Institute for Stem Cell Biology and Regenerative Medicine.

“One day it may be possible to target muscle stem cells in a patient with Duchenne muscular dystrophy, for example, to extend their telomeres. There are also implications for treating conditions of aging, such as diabetes and heart disease. This has really opened the doors to consider all types of potential uses of this therapy.”"

Here is the Stanford link:
https://med.stanford.edu/news/all-news/2...

I would love for it to be true, and so would most people. That's why the con is so appealing.

I can see this as an eco-alarmists wet dream if distributed to everyone (straight from the last 40 years of their propaganda):
overpopulation, food shortages. water shortages. Deliberate genocide.

If kept from the general population and only given to those who can afford the treatment, I can see this as the foundation for a ruling elite who in time becomes ordained by god to lead. All that would be needed is for common folk to grow ignorant of the treatment.

I don't want to live forever. I've seen enough. In fact I'm more than a little curious since, to me anyway, the possibilities are endless.

A key question would be what about the brain? Will the brain reverse age too? To live eternally and senile would be a living hell.
Anybody remember "Zardoz?"

That was the first thing that I thought of, AJ. Who wants to live forever? There's not much here that I'll miss when it's my camel's turn to kneel.