A simple blood test to tell how long you will live

[super jumbe]

A blood test that can show how fast someone is aging - and offers the tantalising possibility of estimating how long they have left to live - is to go on sale to the general public in UK later this year.
Scientists behind the ?435 test said it will tell whether a person is biologically aging, as measured by the length of their telomeres, and is older or younger than their actual chronological age, as measured by years since birth.

In addition to concerns about how people will react to a test for how old they really are, some scientists are worried that telomere testing may be hijacked by unscrupulous organisations trying to peddle unproven anti-aging remedies and other fake elixirs of life.

The results of the tests might also be of interest to companies offering life-insurance policies or medical cover that depend on a person's lifetime risk of falling ill or dying prematurely.



For ?435 for a test a bit too much for me I might as well get some booze and forget about life and death.

[barrowmanandrew]

i not to sure i;'d be overly keen on that

i sort of imagine getting tested and the tester looking at he reults while shaking his head and tutting

[chroma]

i not to sure i;'d be overly keen on that

i sort of imagine getting tested and the tester looking at he reults while shaking his head and tutting

Or worse "sucking air between the gap in their teeth"

[Canker_Canison]

I don't need a blood test to know I'm going to die young.

Don't drink, don't smoke, don't use recreational drugs

But..... I've had 3 DVT's so now on warfarin for the rest of my days. That puts me in the high risk group for a brain hemorrhage, especially if my blood pressure gets any higher.

Then there's my feet & tendons that inflict pain on me every time I walk or stand up, so the rest of my body's going to sh!t as well.

Would be interesting to see my results, if only to prove them wrong

[super jumbe]

Suppose you had a blood test and they reveal to you that you do not have much life left, you may be dead in a year then what?

Fraudsters if you ask me, ?435 for test, money making skim!!!!!!!!

[stuckylad]

Or worse "sucking air between the gap in their teeth"

or pointing at ya and bursting out laughing

[jcgrumbles]

Or just telling you you havnt got time to boil an egg

[patkins]

Or telling you you've got another twenty years in you and being so delighted you walk out under a lorry.

[chroma]

Or telling you you've got another twenty years in you and being so delighted you walk out under a lorry.

Getting sentenced to multiple life without any chance of parole and getting old you'll see well past 120years old