Genetic life expectancy technology

With the development of science, the forecasts of the future become more and more accurate and bring amazing results.From predicting the development trend, human evolution, predicting the risk of disease . to the predictions of human life expectancy through genetic analysis, there is no such thing as science. What is impossible.

From idea to reality

By analyzing genes, scientists at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, USA can read the life process of a person who will face the risks of what diseases and life expectancy will last. How long . and all this process costs only about US $ 400.

Thanks to the new technology, researchers can read human biological life through the length of the structure at the end of the chromosome chains also known as telomeres. Scientists say that telomeres are an important indicator of how long a person's life can last .

Dr. Maria Blasco, who directly participates in the research team of the Spanish National Cancer Research Institute, and was a researcher on the structure of the telomeres, said: If the telomeres in one person are shorter than the normally it is a warning sign that the person will be at a younger risk than those whose genetic structure has longer telomeres.

However, the forecast here is only relative but cannot accurately predict the number of days and years that the person can achieve. According to experts, the technology to analyze the structure of telomeres will become popular within the next 5-10 years.

Biological life expectancy through gene test of length
structure of telomeres with pandora's box.

Examining the telomeres segment is simple, fast, and gives quite accurate results. A specialized scientific device called the pandora's box can be detected even if it is a very small difference on the telomeres segment, while scientists conduct other analyzes such as blood and gene samples. The most important is to determine the length of the telomeres segment on the chromosome chain. Scientists call the length of the structure of the telomeres segment 'life length' - human life.

There are specialized devices for checking the length of the structure of the telomeres provided by a number of medical equipment suppliers in the United States.

In addition to predicting the risk of diseases and physical hazards that can threaten the lives of patients, to determine the exact biological life of a person, it should be combined with other test results. about blood. Because the blood test also shows the speed of aging taking place in the human body. According to GS. Shay: "The speed of aging also has a very positive effect on people's lifespan. It contributes to the rapid or slow aging rate and the speed of the decline in function in the body. and this in combination with the length of telomeres will tell us when that person can live as a biological entity to the maximum extent. "

The only problem that is controversial is how will society react differently to age-predictive gene analysis technology? Few people can be optimistic when they know when they will die.

And of course, predicting longevity also does not avoid shortcomings and sometimes even unavoidable mistakes that are considered accidents during analysis, but can affect lives. of a whole person. Facing a bad news about your life, no one can know how the sick person will feel.

The forecast of biological life is of course related to humanitarian issues. According to Dr. Maria Blasco, a scientific analysis may tell us that people with shorter telomeres than normal have a lower lifespan, but still cannot confirm: whether people with telomere chain lengths are longer than normal have lifespan. higher or not. In addition, the launch of the pandora's box has a serious impact on the life insurance sector and faces controversy.

Some opinions of scientists say that predicting life expectancy by genes should only stop at the level of scientific research and reference. However, forecasting can only tell the biological life of a human being, but cannot accurately predict the future.