Science Extending Human Lifespans: Using Artificial Intelligence To Find Anti-Aging Chemical Compounds

Extending Human Lifespans: Using Artificial Intelligence To Find Anti-Aging Chemical Compounds

The University of Surrey has built an artificial intelligence (AI) model that identifies chemical compounds that promote healthy aging — paving the way towards pharmaceutical innovations that extend a person's lifespan. In a paper published by Nature Communication's Scientific Reports, a team of

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The University of Surrey has built an artificial intelligence (AI) model that identifies chemical compounds that promote healthy aging — paving the way towards pharmaceutical innovations that extend a person’s lifespan.

In a paper published by Nature Communication’s Scientific Reports, a team of chemists from Surrey built a machine learning model based on the information from the DrugAge database to predict whether a compound can extend the life of Caenorhabditis elegans — a translucent worm that shares a similar metabolism to humans. The worm’s shorter lifespan gave the researchers the opportunity to see the impact of the chemical compounds.


The AI singled out three compounds that have an 80 percent chance of increasing the lifespan of elegans:

• flavonoids (anti-oxidant pigments found in plants that promote cardiovascular health),
• fatty acids (such as omega 3), and
• Organooxygens (compounds that contain carbon to oxygen bonds, such as alcohol).

Sofia Kapsiani, co-author of the study and final year undergraduate student at the University of Surrey, said:

“Ageing is increasingly being recognized as a set of diseases in modern medicine, and we can apply the tools of the digital world, such as AI, to help slow down or protect against aging and age-related diseases. Our study demonstrates the revolutionary ability of AI to aid the identification of compounds with anti-aging properties.”

Dr. Brendan Howlin, lead author of the study and Senior Lecturer in Computational Chemistry at the University of Surrey, said:

“This research shows the power and potential of AI, which is a specialty of the University of Surrey, to drive significant benefits in human health.”

 

[b0o0pinsn0o0tz]

Now I'm not saying this is blatantly playing god and therefore a terrible idea but it's blatantly playing god and therefore a terrible idea.

 

[Blamo]

It's pretty understandable that they are looking into this. A question is... on one hand they worry about over population, on the other hand they aim to expand the lifespan. Those seem to clash on some level.

Also... wouldn't knowing how aging work, could be used to like kill somebody or populations with increased againg? lol

 

[Doctor Ivo Robotnik Sr.]

alcohol?

 

[Ira the Weatherman]

Fuck's sake, aren't there enough old people as it is?

 

[Meth Kennedy]

Hehe hell yeah potatoes, fish, and booze every day.

 

[CringeStalin6263]

If the world of the future is anything like the world we live in now or worse, I definitely don't want to be alive to see it. Not that us plebeians would ever get the anti aging drugs, they'd all be reserved for the rich and powerful while us lesser folk toil away.

 

[Orange Man Costume]

Fuck's sake, aren't there enough old people as it is?

The entire point is to not have old people, or at least for now, be young for a larger portion of the same life span, rather than being old for most of it.