Item #: SCP-NC1008
Object Class: Keter
Status: Uncontained
Special Containment Procedures: SCP-NC1008 is considered to be uncontainable though efforts to find a means to counter SCP-NC1008s anomalous effect are ongoing.
Description: SCP-NC1008 comprises all plant life presently on earth, fossil records suggest SCP-NC1008 first appeared aproximately 450 million years ago and rapidly supplanted existing species.
SCP-NC1008s primary effect is the production of a previously uknown toxin believed to be responsible for the process of ageing within all animal life, the original purpose of this toxin is unknown though theories among researchers fall into two main camps. The first positing that such a toxin is a defensive measure intended to protect SCP-NC1008 from an otherwise exponential growth in herbivore populations; the primary competing theory is that SCP-NC1008 produces this toxin as a form of semi-parasitism ensuring that all animal life will eventually die and ultimately act as a source of nutrients for SCP-NC1008 instances.
Research:
Following the discovery of SCP-NC1008 in 2003 following the completion of the human genome project the foundation has undertaken several long term studies into the effects of diet on longevity in an attempt to find a means by which to circumvent the near omnipresence of SCP-NC1008s toxin present in all living organisms.
Experiment Log #NC1008-01
Test Procedure:
A D-class subject informally dubbed 'meat man' was placed on an all meat diet supplmented with chemically derived vitamin suppliments in order to determine wether SCP-NC1008s effect could be prevented by removing plant material from a persons diet.
Result:
The subject shows moderately decreased signs of ageing compared to the average, however at the present date this decrease falls within the standard deviation for normal induviduals rendering the result inconclusive. Test ongoing.
Experiment Log #NC1008-02
Test Procedure:
A D-class subject informally and somewhat ironically refered to as 'methuselah' was fed an otherwise normal diet artifically infused with extremely elevated levels of the SCP-NC1008 toxin.
Result:
Subject suffered a rapid ageing process similar to progeria and passed away after 11 years and 2 months despite being only 23 when the study began; following this study the foundation began further research into the possibility that progeria itself is somehow a result of an inability of the body to process the SCP-NC1008 toxin resulting in its massive accumulation.
Experiment Log #NC1008-03
Test Procedure:
A D-class subject nicknamed 'Dr Robotnik' by junior researchers was given a diet composed primarily of traditionally 'dairy' products such as eggs, milk and cheese as well as neccesary chemically derived supliments in order to determine if such 'secondary' animal products contained a lower level of SCP-NC1008 toxin.
Result:
As of the present date the subject is noted to have aged extremely well, with a degree of health for their age similar to that found in proffesional athletes, though not conclusive the foundation considers this result to be encouraging.
Experiment Log #NC1008-04
Test Procedure:
Following further research suggesting that the SCP-NC1008 toxin was unable to cross the blood-brain barrier a D-class subject with a record of cannibalism was offered a diet primarily consisting of animal brain tissue sourced from [REDACTED] state [REDACTED].
Result:
Following the studies inception the subject has shown no signs of ageing, monthly physical tests have shown a gradual increase in the subjects vitality approaching what would be expected of a person in the physical prime of their life. The results of this study are currently to be kept hidden from all members of the foundation not on the SCP-NC1008 research team or the O5 council, pending a joint decision by the ethics committee and O5 council.
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Following a decision by the O5 council that has not been disclosed to the ethics committee the diets of senior researchers considered to be irreplaceable are to be covertly supplemented with meat products composed of processed animal brain tissue, in addition these senior researchers are to be manipulated where at all possible into increasing the overall meat and egg content of their diets so as to further minimize their total intake of SCP-NC1008 toxin.