Living to age 100 and thrive?

Future retirees can replace body parts with "spare parts" that could contribute substantially to prolong life, researchers say.

A £ 50m five-year program at the University of Leeds is to focus on innovative solutions to achieve "50 years of activity after 50 years.

The program focuses on the development of biomedical engineering solutions to problems that occurred with aging societies, could the average person to keep in its second century.

Joints, spine, teeth, jaw, heart and circulatory disease are the focus of the study, however, the researchers say that most parts of the body that could be improved degenerates with age.

The research revolves around the method of tissue engineering and medical Graduate Institute of Medical and Biological Engineering is a leader in the Third World.

The research focuses on the development of transplantable tissues and organs, eventually, the body is his own, overcoming the critical problem of rejection.

The Institute has developed a registry of the hip, which could last for the life rather than wait the maximum 20 years for replacement in progress.

Includes Led by immunologist Eileen Ingham, the research group is a technique pioneered atripping living cells from the donor parts of the human body and animals, so that only the "agony" of the fabric.

These can then be transplanted to the body of a patient, where he again meets with the cells.

Tests in animals and 40 patients in Brazil have shown promising results, "said Ingham.

The technique could within five years are available.

"We all live longer," said Professor John Fisher, who manages the project.

"But our bodies carry the same pace. We want an active lifestyle in our old days."

Many experts have called for further research to improve health in old age.

Writing in Public Service Review: Science and Technology, James Goodwin, director of research at Help the Aged, said: "The aging of the science itself is only 30 years and said in May that the UK has not received an adequate level is funding - but it can be credited with a profound influence on our thinking about aging and its translation into policy.

"We must develop strategies that not only increase our funding for research related to the age, but also to ensure that we translate the results into tangible benefits for our population is getting older," he added.