Does 'Deadpool' predict a disease-free future?

How close are we to THE ULTIMATE healing factor?

As "Deadpool" explodes across the big screen this weekend, the antihero with extraordinary healing powers-that save him from everything from cancer to bullets - is not THAT far-fetched, according to renowned physician, and North Philadelphia native, Dr. Ronald Klatz.

The author of 42 books including the bestseller Grow Young With HGH, Klatz is a bioscientist with a portfolio of dozens of patents and is president and co-founder of The American Academy Of Anti-Aging Medicine (worldhealth.net).

"Your body finds cancer every day," Dr. Klatz told Tattle comics correspondent Jerome Maida. "Your immune system attacks and kills cancer cells. But when your immune system fails - either by getting older (or) being subjected to toxins in your environment, they can overwhelm your immune system."

"The trick is to retrain your immune system to detect the cancers so they can do what they naturally do, which is to kill these buggers."

Dr. Klatz stresses an organic diet with greens and 10 servings of pesticide-free fruits and vegetables daily, keep sugar to a minimum and maintain daily exercise and proper sleep

"I feel early detection is the most important weapon we currently have - and that our weapons are increasing," Klatz said.

"If you take care of a mechanical device - you replace the parts that wear out, you can rebuild it and keep it going indefinitely," he said. "The same applies to the body. We can rebuild organs now, we can replace them - not as completely as we would like to, but we can and we can repair joints with stem cells and very rich plasma. We can repair the heart with stem cell injections and the growth factors. We can replace muscle with growth factors and we can even repair the brain with with certain nutrients and maybe even reverse early onset of Alzheimer's and other kind of diseases."

In fact, Klatz feels advances in understanding the brain are key to relative immortality in the not-too-distant future.

"There is a very real possibility, within our lifetimes, to be able to 'download' the brain . . . our personal memories and neuro pathways and thoughts into a healthier body, probably a cybernetic hybrid. Once that happens, our lifespans will increase exponentially and we will have unlocked a key to immortality. Until then, an anti-aging lifestyle, plus tissue repair growth and organ replacement will soon allow us to achieve relative immortality, where people will be living 150-200 years or more."

And that could mean a lot of repeat business for "Deadpool."

* Eagles offensive tackle Lane Johnson and his wife Chelsea have a new baby at home.

Chelsea has given birth to daughter Journey Layne Johnson. Johnson tweeted Tuesday that mother and daughter were healthy.

Both Lane and Chelsea were athletes at the University of Oklahoma, and Lane was drafted 4th overall by the Eagles in 2013. Chelsea's father John Goodman also played in the NFL.

Journey will join older brother David, 2 1/2, at the Johnson home.

* Retired Philadelphia FBI agent Joseph Del Campo is going to be a contestant on the new season of "Survivor," starting Feb. 17 on CBS. This spring the action will take place on Kaoh Rong, Cambodia's second largest island.

Del Campo, a 72-year-old with the body of one of those old Charles Atlas ads, will be in the Brains tribe.

He says the three words that describe him are "tenacious, daring and vigilant" which are good characteristics for a "Survivor" and a 25-year veteran of the FBI.

Del Campo hails from Philly but now runs a private investigation company in Florida.

* Wilmington's own Ryan Phillippe will headline the cast of "Shooter," a new series just picked up by the USA Network (a division of Comcast/NBC/Universal).

It's based on the 2007 movie starring Mark Wahlberg and Stephen Hunter's novel Point of Impact.

Phillippe will star as expert marksman Bob Lee Swagger, who is coaxed back into shooting after learning of a plot to kill the president. But then something goes terribly wrong. Omar Epps ("House") plays Swagger's former Marine commanding officer.

"'Shooter' is an uncompromising exploration of the definition and evolution of a hero," Jackie de Crinis, EVP of Original Programming at USA, said in a statement. "The conspiracy and drama that unfolded throughout the first hour had us completely immersed, and we look forward to more."

Or, they could bring back "Psych." That show was funny.

- Daily News wire services contributed to this report.

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