Coming soon, body parts that never wear out

London, October 20 (ANI): British scientists are working on regenerative therapies that could help centenarians have bodies of 50-year-olds in the future.

Researchers at Leeds University will be shelling out 50 million pounds over five years to come up with solutions to pull off "50 active years after 50" by providing pensioners with longer lasting replacement body parts.

Investigator Professor John Fisher revealed the "combination of a durable cobalt-chrome metal alloy socket and a ceramic ball means the joint should easily withstand the 100 million steps that a 50-year-old can be expected to take by their 100th birthday", reports the BBC.

Meanwhile, colleague Professor Eileen Ingham and her team have been working on making transplantable tissues, and eventually organs, that the body can make on its own, to tackle the fear of rejection.

Professor Christina Doyle of Xeno Medical, the medical device company that is developing the technologies, said: "To replace all donor tissue using this technology will take 30 to 50 years. Each single product will need to be designed and tested individually." (ANI)