Ageing is a disease

Old aging is a disease, our cells are programmed to die. That programming can be changed, we just don't know how.

The question is, if someone did figure this out, who gets to know ? Is it possible this has been figured out already and a small group of humans that will live for thousands of years, are just sitting around watching us all die ?

If it was made public, and everyone found out and got the cure, would we die of overpopulation, or will be forced to learn how to colonize other planets ?

I think, this has been figured out and there is a group of people on this planet that have been alive for a very, very long time. They have been advancing for thousands of years. As humans get older (and don't decay) they advance because their brains have the oppertunity to create more complex internal paths over a longer period of time. This allows a deeper understanding of perception and a general advancement of intelligience. This group lives isolated, maybe even under the sea or in the earth. They selectively choose members from the general population of the planet to join their commune. The goal of the selection of people is largely in the service of create a rich, comprehensive and optimized genetic make-up. This could continue in the service of each man procreating with 4+ different women. One item to note would be, if someone that is approached chooses not to accept the offer, they have to die. No questions.

Would you conisder that I am one of these people ?

In the really-real world, telomeres are found in every normal cells are known as the "fountain of youth" in that it is found at the end of chromosomes and protect them during replication. Eventually, your telomeres break down and this is one of the main factors due to aging. Normal cells due not posses telomerase to remake or synthesize telomeres,
so we age.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Telomere

Therefore, we need to figure out how to keep telomerase around longer ? The problem is, viruses and cancers utilize telomerase which is one of the reasons why they are able to grow and become invasive. A recent study has shown that if we were able to keep telomerase around, we become susceptible to growth proliferation or tissues growing more than they should. We'd predispose ourselves to more cancers and probably die at a younger age than would without this enzyme activity.