$ 80 M research project launched aimed at giving people more active years after 50 . Half of babies born in Western countries today will live until 100 years old . `` We now have the technology available to do astonishing things , such as repairing the body by growing healthy new tissue through biological scaffolds and stem cell therapy . Leeds University projects aimed to help people remain active into old age . Scientists said many body parts that flounder with age could be upgraded .
$ 80 M research project launched aimed at giving people more active years after 50 . Half of babies born in Western countries today will live until 100 years old . Leeds University projects aimed to help people remain active into old age . Scientists said many body parts that flounder with age could be upgraded .