Monday, October 05, 2009
Nobel Winners allegedly Isolate Protein Behind Immortality, Cancer
This year’s Nobel Prize in medicine went to a trio of scientists who discovered the enzyme telomerase, which allows cells to divide without any limits, making them effectively immortal.
It may be nature’s greatest double-edged sword. Coax cells into producing telomerase, and they will survive indefinitely, but they will also become cancerous.
Mark Muller thinks humans could live for 90 to 210 years once scientists know more about the molecular basis of aging.
IMO: Wired magazine like to make a headline but there could be some advance in a number of years. But obviously the present results are by now well known. (8th October - some more explanatory references here, here and here)
It may be nature’s greatest double-edged sword. Coax cells into producing telomerase, and they will survive indefinitely, but they will also become cancerous.
Mark Muller thinks humans could live for 90 to 210 years once scientists know more about the molecular basis of aging.
IMO: Wired magazine like to make a headline but there could be some advance in a number of years. But obviously the present results are by now well known. (8th October - some more explanatory references here, here and here)
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