Date: Mon, 16 Apr 2007 11:38:06 +0200 From: "depraved" <kzvy@uswest.net> To: <amd64@freebsd.org> Subject: htmlForbes reports that a previously divided Japanese government panel has recommended lifting the ban on therapeutic cloning in that country. Message-ID: <001301c7800a$efe885d0$1d4c806b@fnt>
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------=_NextPart_000_000F_01C7801B.B3682E10 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-2" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable They're under tremendous pressure. com reports that Louisiana state senate politicians have reversed = earlier indications to pass pass a bill that bans research involving = therapeutic cloning. Set mutations in certain of those genes can spur = the out-of-control cell growth of cancer. Cataracts and liver spots don't bring moral enlightenment or spiritual = transcendence. The only good that politicians can do in this matter is to stand aside = and allow medical research to proceed unmolested. So think if through if you haven't already done so. Still, I think that = we can take some items in the report as evidence that Aubrey de Grey is = making progress in changing the minds of the biogerontological = community. Scientists - including this team from Brazil - are currently = using adult stem cells to grow new teeth for rats and pigs. Resveratrol is probably going to be good for your health, but will not = radically extend your maximum life span. In the normal course of events, = shortening telomeres act as timers for cell life span, ensuring that old = cells are replaced in a timely fashion. It should be full steam ahead. htmScienceDaily reports on progress in = tooth regeneration. " This is a large project, looking at nearly 5000 long-lived siblings in = an attempt to further pin down genetic and lifestyle causes of healthy = longevity. I expect that it will take a few years to run the same or similar = studies in mice. " shirts to new donors to the prize fund. So make sure you have your say = in the matter! Of course, the latter two are real, now. Still, I think that we can take = some items in the report as evidence that Aubrey de Grey is making = progress in changing the minds of the biogerontological community. This = small set of genes is a clear target for new research, as well as for = the next generation of cancer diagnostics, prevention, and therapies. That is what we are about. ------=_NextPart_000_000F_01C7801B.B3682E10--
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