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> What everyone has thought of, but no scientist is willing to say out loud is that maybe if the telomere count is reset (like it is for babies!), then we'd hav
by PetitPrince 10y ago
> What everyone has thought of, but no scientist is willing to say out loud is that maybe if the telomere count is reset (like it is for babies!), then we'd have cellular immortality.
Plenty of scientist are actively thinking about this and are fighting against that because that's precisely one of the things that cancerous cells do.
Further reader: Hallmarks of Cancer, the next generation, Hanahan & Weinberg 2011, https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21376230 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21376230 (open access)
- cantrevealname 10y agoDid you read the posted article? He's arguing the contrary position (longer telomeres, longer lifespan), which is the opposite of the traditional view that we can't tamper with telomere length because it'll cause cancers to grow too fast.