article_snippet.sent: Aubrey de Grey (pictured) says ageing is a 'disease that can and should be cured' With Aubrey de Grey (pictured) Rasputin beard and lines etched deep into Aubrey de Grey (
article_snippet.sent: For de Grey, a charismatic Harrow School and Cambridge-educated biomedical theorist, firmly believes there is no reason, with the right 'therapies', why any of us shouldn't reach 500, 1,000 or even 5,000 years of age.
article_snippet.sent: Ageing is a disease that can and should be cured,' Aubrey de Grey (pictured) says. '
article_snippet.sent: Aubrey de Grey (pictured) radical thesis is that ageing can be halted and even reversed by treating the human body like a vintage car – 'replace the parts, clean the human body up, keep the human body running smoothly way past the human body expected expiration date'.
article_snippet.sent: De Grey's radical thesis argument is that cellular decay causes ageing, illness and, ultimately, death, and that technologies being developed now and inventions in the future will allow us to repair and replace damaged body parts at a cellular level – leading to virtual immortality.
article_snippet.sent: As the technologies improve, lifespans will increase', says Aubrey de Grey (pictured).
article_snippet.sent: Aubrey de Grey (pictured) believes the first person who will live to be 1,000 has already been born, and cites research that has dramatically extended the lives of mice, worms and fruit flies as proof science is 'catching up' with Aubrey de Grey (pictured) theories that therapies which will genetically alter, replace and repair the cells in our bodies will be the key to eternal life.
article_snippet.sent: Aubrey de Grey (pictured) accuses the majority of us of being in a 'pro-ageing trance', content to accept ageing and death as inevitable, while the reality is that technology will, within two decades, Aubrey de Grey (pictured) says, have advanced far enough that we can replace and repair faulty genes, 'clear out the gunk around cells' and rejuvenate we bodies.
article_snippet.sent: Aubrey de Grey (pictured) gives interviews to 'spread the word' and has written several anti-ageing books.