Immortality In 1958, the French scholar Jean Rostand predicted the advent of bionic man, with enhanced capacities that could be repaired like a machine and would never grow old. Today, biologists are liberating themselves from the laws of evolution. Genetics is the key to understanding human biology and the race to unlock its secrets is accelerating. We are witnessing the emergence of a revolutionary field in medicine—regenerative medicine—that may be able to reverse the aging process.