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"The length of the telomeres, on the other hand, corresponds to her actual age. " how come "immortality" comes to play here?
by VladRussian 16y ago
"The length of the telomeres, on the other hand, corresponds to her actual age. "
how come "immortality" comes to play here?
- sliverstorm 16y ago+1 million. She's still aging, she's just not developing (by aging I mean the kind that kills you. Being an adult does not kill you; being old does.)
- rbanffy 16y ago> being old does. Actually, being old does not suffice. You need a combination of short telomeres and cell damage.
- cullenking 16y agoI must have read the article a bit too quick, I missed that part :( In that case, then this isn't really immortality. I wonder what it does imply then.
- sukuriant 16y agoI am so glad someone else caught this.
- pjscott 16y agoAs a quick rule of thumb, any time a mainstream science article mentions the word "immortality", it should become suspect. People say silly things when they view age extension through the highly mythologized lens of "mortality versus immortality", rather than seeing it as a difficult set of scientific and engineering challenges, each of which merely extends your life expectancy. For example, suppose that we had medical treatments to prevent cancer, almost all infectious diseases, and aging. Your life expectancy goes up, but sooner or later you're going to be hit by a bus or something -- not exactly eternal life. But still a darn sight better than having a mere 8 years as your life expectancy.