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"What everyone has thought of, but no scientist is willing to say out loud" What no scientist is willing to say out loud, is basically what scientists have bee
by Lewton 10y ago
"What everyone has thought of, but no scientist is willing to say out loud"
What no scientist is willing to say out loud, is basically what scientists have been saying out loud since the mid 90ies. It has nothing to do with unwillingness to talk about the subject, but it has not been pushed that hard because there was* a strong belief that messing with telomeres had a very high risk of causing cancer.
*is? Although I think this belief has softened lately
- cantrevealname 10y ago> what scientists have been saying out loud since the mid 90ies Maybe when they speak privately, but every scientist has a huge fear of branded a crackpot if they said something even remotely like, "I'm researching the possibility that we can make immortal cells". To take one concrete example, Geron, a company that is/was very active in this area was always careful to say that they are investigating telomerase to control cancers, etc. They never even hint that they might possibly be interested in the Holy Grail result of solving ageing.
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