Eternal Youth

Eternal youth is the concept of human physical immortality free of aging. The youth referred to is usually meant to be in contrast to the depredations of aging, rather than a specific age of the human lifespan.

So far, achieving eternal youth remains beyond the capabilities of science. However, much research is currently being conducted in the sciences of genetics which may allow manipulation of the aging process at some time in the future.

Eternal youth is common in mythology, and it remains a popular theme in fiction.

Read more about Eternal Youth:  Mythology, Telomeres

Famous quotes containing the words eternal and/or youth:

    O heavens! how short a time does it take to put an eternal end to a woman’s liberty!
    Frances Burney (1752–1840)

    Remember thee?
    Ay, thou poor ghost, whiles memory holds a seat
    In this distracted globe. Remember thee?
    Yea, from the table of my memory
    I’ll wipe away all trivial fond records,
    All saws of books, all forms, all pressures past
    That youth and observation copied there,
    And thy commandment all alone shall live
    Within the book and volume of my brain,
    William Shakespeare (1564–1616)