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Today I phoned a residential home re: care of mother. £900 per week. If she lives for another 11 years, that's half a million quid.
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Originally posted by Jeff Maginty View PostI think there has to be a time-limit on a person's life. It's natures "get-out" clause. For example:- if a person is trapped in a situation where they are suffering intensely (e.g. pow being tortured), then they eventually die and thereby end their suffering. I think it's good that there is a time limit. I would hate for anyone to suffer indefinitely, no matter what they have done. Perhaps that ties in with the Christian value of forgiveness? (e.g. all is forgiven... eventually).
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I would love to live forever yes. Or at least as long as i could until the world turning into a nuclear apocalypse or something.
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Originally posted by Robinho View Post
radiate cells. they malfunction and cause cancer.
poison them - ditto
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Originally posted by EternalOptimist View Postno
cancer is cell replication that errorsConclusion In this study population, there was a statistically significant inverse relationship between telomere length and both cancer incidence and mortality.
Telomeres are nucleoprotein complexes at the extreme ends of linear chromosomes implicit in the maintenance of chromosomal integrity. Telomeres shorten with each cell cycle and therefore reflect organism aging at a cellular level. At a critically short telomere length, cells experience replicative cell senescence. Malignant cells, in contrast, reactivate and overexpress the enzyme telomerase that lengthens telomeres and allows for plentiful divisions.
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Originally posted by Robinho View PostNo i believe cancer is linked to short telomere lengths.
cancer is cell replication that errors
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Originally posted by Robinho View PostThere are several animals that don't age. Certain jellyfish as well as lobsters possibly?
Essentially telomeres are bits of our cells which shorten every time a cell replicates. This is what causes the aging process and in theory we could reverse ageing if we could find a way to significantly lengthen then.
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There are several animals that don't age. Certain jellyfish as well as lobsters possibly?
Essentially telomeres are bits of our cells which shorten every time a cell replicates. This is what causes the aging process and in theory we could reverse ageing if we could find a way to significantly lengthen then.
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It would be more to do with telomere lengthening than replacing body bits.
Eventually we'd all die being hit by a bus or slipping on a banana skin, but we could avoid old age.
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