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Not everyone dies of cancer. Presumably someone who otherwise would have died years before will be satisfied to die of the cancer that life-extending treatment
by jessaustin 5y ago
Not everyone dies of cancer. Presumably someone who otherwise would have died years before will be satisfied to die of the cancer that life-extending treatment will have caused.
- robocat 5y agoThe question is how many of our diseases are symptoms of the underlying cause of DNA replication failure, directly or indirectly? Skin tone is an obvious symptom, and similar symptoms occur in critical parts of our system. I think telomere length is a measure of replication count since the first cell is fertilised, which is why telomere length is a measure that is correlated with other negative symptoms of aging.
- jessaustin 5y agoIANAPhysician, but I suspect that at least some of the diseases that kill people "early" (I'm thinking heart disease?) are not only caused by telomeres.