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I believe the argument would go "there's no fundamental reason we can't fix telomeres".
by andrewflnr 1y ago
I believe the argument would go "there's no fundamental reason we can't fix telomeres".
- chpatrick 1y agoIsn't the reason cancer? Eventually the DNA copying errors add up.
- sodality2 1y agoCancer is not fundamentally unsolvable (AFAIK?). This is a tough question to answer though. Can we prove cancer to be solvable without solving it?
- andrewflnr 1y agoThere are a handful of animals, mammals even, that essentially don't get cancer (some/all large whales and naked mole rats IIRC). So that might be solvable other ways.
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- AngryData 1y agoNitpick, it is far less likely, but they can still get cancer.
- adastra22 1y agoYou also fix the copying errors.
- __turbobrew__ 1y agoWe need ECC for DNA, I could probably use a deep scrub.