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That is a rather simplistic take on the problem of aging. I suggest you look up Aubrey de Grey and take a look at his work. I recall a telomerase + cancer gen
by Beltiras 13y ago
That is a rather simplistic take on the problem of aging. I suggest you look up Aubrey de Grey and take a look at his work. I recall a telomerase + cancer gene activation therapy being successful in mice in the last year. Might even benefit myself later.
(rephrased from wikipedia) de Grey's list of seven problems is:
1. Mutations in chromosomes
2. Mutations in mitochondria
3. Junk inside cells
4. Junk outside of cells
5. Non-replaceable cells dying
6. Cell immortality (yes, this is a problem too)
7. Extracellular protein crosslinks
His contention is that we should approach the problem with engineering. Makes sense to me, sounds so Agile and Lean ;)
- gte910h 13y agoAll of the people I see invested in his ideas are computer people, all the people I see very skeptical of his ideas are biological sciences people. As his work is in the biological realm, this makes me less than confident he's got the tune here. I'd like to live forever as much as the next guy. I just fear AdG is a huckster or mistaken soul.
- nitrogen 13y agoAre you aware of an accessible rebuttal to the list given in the parent comment? I'd like to know why biologists are skeptical of this direction of anti-aging research. Is it because AdG shows some fundamental misunderstanding of cellular biology? Could it be for political reasons?