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  • How might Dr de Grey's ideas affect the human population?
    The population would grow quickly.
  • medicines
    drugs
  • the opposite of dead
    alive
  • What would Damian prefer scientists to work on?
    He'd like a cure for cancer first.
  • What do Ko Hung and Roger Bacon have in common?
    They were both scientists who thought they knew how to live for ever.
  • What do most people die from today?
    old age, or the diseases of old age
  • broken, hurt
    damaged
  • What is Simone's opinion about living for ever?
    She thinks it would be boring.
  • What will people die from if they don't die from disease?
    They will die in accidents.
  • How has the length of human lives changed in the past 100 years?
    People used to die at the age of 50 and now many people live until 90 or longer.
  • say something will happen
    predict
  • How does Dr de Grey think the length of human lives will change in the future?
    Dr de Grey believes that soon people will be able to live to 1,000 years.
  • an illness
    disease
  • Why does Dr de Grey compare human bodies with cars?
    He claims that we will be able to look after and repair damaged bodies in the same way as we do cars.