09-07-2006, 10:31 PM
Quote:While reading in the LA Times today, I found an interesting article about stem cells in adults. Here is a link from another site.
The article I read was basically saying if you turned off the p16-Ink4a gene, you *could* live forever, however you would most assuridly get cancer right away and always live with a high risk of getting cancer!
That fits quite differently from what I have seen other biologist say concerning cell division. There is something (Telemer?) that is attached to the genes in the cells that each time the gene is divided the portion lessens in lenght. Upon reaching a given length, the cell will no longer divide. This is why as people age skin and tissue will thin making it easier to injure and more difficult to heal from what I've read.
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Einstein said Everything is Relative.
Heisenberg said Everything is Uncertain.
Therefore, everything is relatively uncertain.
Einstein said Everything is Relative.
Heisenberg said Everything is Uncertain.
Therefore, everything is relatively uncertain.