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“O brave new world, that has such people in it … ” — William Shakespeare, The Tempest, quoted by Aldous Huxley — With technology exponentially growing, and the insatiable hunger for discovery and knowledge, the actual nature of human beings is changing. Stories of stem-cell research, human-mouse embryo experiments and genetically engineered animals for consumption flood technology newspapers. Building electronic devices from single atoms, and playing around with DNA leads scientist down the inevitable path to new types of human life forms – but is that a path to destruction or peace? Eliminating diseases and viruses is a pro of this type of experimentation, but making human bodies better leads to longetivity as well. Delaying the aging process is a conceivable, and perhaps eminent, concept for the near future, but that may well be a bad thing. Huxley batted around the concept of human Gods creating the world they deemed fit, under their rules, and it seems we aren’t far from such a Brave New World. And perhaps Dr. Gray who has transplanted the first self-contained heart and sustained life is really another Dr. Frankenstein. These new drugs for longetivity that will perhaps be available for