Don't freak out, but you're slowly dying. In fact, an estimated 150,000 people die every day, and about 100,000 of them die from age-related causes.



But science is doing plenty of research on how to turn back the clock on aging. Even Google's getting into the anti-aging game, and they've recently formed a biotech company called Calico, which will focus specifically on anti-aging work. If all goes well, humans will get to live for at least 150 years.

Obviously, that's going to end up causing a lot more problems like overpopulation and shortage of natural resources. But if you had the means to live forever, wouldn't you want to? Here's a look at the options that science is working on:

Nanotechnology

Nanobots will be implanted in your body and programmed to do things like fixing damaged cells and keeping track of your body's health. According to author-futurist Ray Kurzweil, this could all happen as soon as year 2030.

Cloning

If you can't fix it, then why not replace it? The idea is cloning body parts to be used later once the originals shut down. So far, scientists have managed to grow replacement bladders for patients fighting bladder disease.

Cryonics

If current tech doesn't have a solution, why not freeze yourself in hopes that scientists of the future will sort you out? Of course, there's no telling how long it will take, or how much it will cost to maintain these human popsicles.

Genetic modification

Scientists have already managed to pump artificial genes into an organism to replace faulty genes. The next step is to target genes directly related to aging in order to halt their degenerative effects.

Genetic trickery

Or maybe we could try to manipulate these genes to just never activate? According to writer Richard Dawkins, we could potentially do so by "identifying changes in the internal chemical environment of a body that take place during aging[...] and by simulating the superficial chemical properties of a young body."

Mind uploading

If you can't save your body, what about stashing your memory in a computer somewhere to be downloaded later. But would it still considered immortality if the only remnants that gets saved is the one hidden in your brain?

Strategies for Engineered Negligible Senescence (SENS)

Ever notice how some species like lobsters don't appear to age? The idea behind SENS is to compile a variety of anti-aging methods and experimental treatments for different "schemes" based on what your body is doing – if dealing with. For example, if it's cancer, then you'd be given a scheme called OncoSENS.

Immunization against the "disease" of aging

This theoretical idea involves creating get a booster shot that will not only protect us from the flu, but from death itself.