possible to extend life spans with medication or by adjusting diets so these findings could also apply to humans. his colleagues at the live nets institute and begged to differ the aging process and humans as highly complex. it's possible to optimize a mechanism so that it functions longer like with a car you can improve the engine but there might come up point when the clutch goes or the bodywork falls apart there will always be something that puts a spanner in the works so ultimately we don't expect we'll be able to extend lifespans beyond one hundred twenty. but in the future will people be living into their hundreds and remaining in good shape these zebrafish might have the answer they have the extraordinary ability to sell for a new. the researchers in are looking for the genes responsible for organ