Human Lifespan to increase into the Hundreds(2012)

That's the word I'm hearing. The buzz is that there are secret trials on a process that will gradually de-age a person from their 70's back to their 20's(physically speaking), and prevent us from aging(which is really degradation of the human body). If successful, the news will drop when the trials are over(2012).

The impact of this is obviously gigantic, could this usher in a new "Star Trek" like era where travel across the glalacy is possible. Will people views things like war, enviroment, etc. differently if they stand to live indefinitely?