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新型抗衰老藥或延長(zhǎng)人類(lèi)壽命至120歲

New anti-aging drug could extend human life span to 120 years

Do you ever think that it's kinda crazy that we can order pizza from our cellphones and yet no one can figure out how to stop (or at least slow) the inevitable march towards death? Well, you're not alone.

你是否想過(guò)，人類(lèi)已經(jīng)發(fā)展到可以用手機(jī)訂披薩的程度，為什么卻無(wú)法阻止(或減慢)自身走向死亡的步伐?好吧，并不是只有你一個(gè)人這么想過(guò)。

Science has been trying to figure out this whole aging thing for a long time now, and a new development just could be one of those watershed moments in history.

長(zhǎng)久以來(lái)，科學(xué)界一直在試圖解開(kāi)人類(lèi)衰老的謎團(tuán)。而一項(xiàng)最新的研究成果或有望成為改變歷史的分水嶺之一。

According to the New Zealand Herald, a new anti-aging drug is going to be tested on human subjects starting next year. The potential result of this could mean that we, human beings, could extend our life spans to 120 years of age and be in good health to the very end.

據(jù)《新西蘭先鋒報(bào)》報(bào)道，一種新型抗衰老藥物將于明年開(kāi)始在人體上進(jìn)行試驗(yàn)。可能的結(jié)果是，我們?nèi)祟?lèi)的壽命因此延長(zhǎng)至120年，而且在壽終正寢前一直保持健康。

The drug in question is a widely used diabetes pill called Metformin and costs mere cents to make. Metformin helps to increase oxygen flow on the cellular level, thereby slowing the necessary cell divisions that keep our bodies both functioning correctly but ultimately lead to aging.

這種藥物名為“甲福明”，是一種被廣泛使用的抗糖尿病藥，制造成本不過(guò)幾分錢(qián)。甲福明能促進(jìn)氧在細(xì)胞內(nèi)的循環(huán)流動(dòng)，進(jìn)而降低細(xì)胞分裂的速度——細(xì)胞分裂在保證我們身體正常運(yùn)轉(zhuǎn)的同時(shí)，也是導(dǎo)致我們衰老的罪魁禍?zhǔn)住?/font>