Three Score And Ten

Bill Wyman is a musician who played in the rock band 'The Rolling Stones'. As such he is a minor celebrity, and so in our fame orientated society, that warrants some media attention. So the fact that the information that he had cancer made the BBC news is not too surprising, but what made me wonder, was the inherent suggestion in running the story, that it was a somehow a surprise that a 79 year old man was getting an illness. When I was younger, and certainly when Mr Wyman was growing up, 'old' men often died at around age 68 (women somewhat later), and anyone in their late 70's had done very well.

Three Score And Ten Was Our Allotted Lot ....

Who Wants To Live Forever

It appears that the alleged vampiric activities of Countess Bathory were on the right tracks, if a little crude in their application ....

Countess Bathory - Early Gene Replacement Therapy

scientists have found that injecting the blood of young mice into older rodents boosted their brainpower, thus reversing some of the processes of ageing.

Who Wants To Live Forever?

For quite a while, there has been scientific evidence that a highly nutritious, but calorie restricted diet could extend the life of worms, and double the life lengths of mice in the lab ..... 

 

Old Mouse Life Wasn't Always Good

 

... and other experiments have apparently reversed ageing in mice ... so a good future for mice!