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Re: "Life Extension" comes at a price.

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Michael J. Strickland <michael06582@comcast.net> writes:

>On Thu, 2 Mar 2017 19:31:50 +0000 (UTC),
>moroney@world.std.spaamtrap.com (Michael Moroney) wrote:

>>Jeff-Relf.Me <@.> writes:
>>
>>>This way, you consume less oxygen.
>>>Yes, oxygen shortens your life.
>>
>>Silly Relf with his silly pseudoscience.
>>
>>The real secret to the Fountain of Youth appears to be the ability to
>>regenerate telomeres (without creating cancers). Without doing so, cells
>>can divide only so many times, then they cannot divide or they die.
>>
>>A secondary one is repairing damaged DNA which accumulates over time.
>>
>>Many cancer cells turn on the ability to regenerate telomeres, which is
>>why they grow out of control.

>Might just be semantics but cancer cells might just damage the cells
>normal ability to limit its replications by damaging or turning off
>the normal shortening of telomeres at each replication. This
>shortening seems to be due to the replicase (enzyme which initiates
>replication) consuming part of its attachment point at the end of the
>DNA (telomeres).

There are several ways which allows cancer cells to grow out of control.
Replenishing telomeres where this shouldn't happen, turning off programmed
cell death when damage is detected, disabling immune system's ability to
detect the bad cells, etc.

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Re: 100 year old people are all short and skinny. Sylvia Else <sylvia@not.at.this.address> - 2017-03-02 13:36 +1100
  Re: "Life Extension" comes at a price. Sylvia Else <sylvia@not.at.this.address> - 2017-03-02 15:16 +1100
    Re: "Life Extension" comes at a price. moroney@world.std.spaamtrap.com (Michael Moroney) - 2017-03-02 19:31 +0000
      Oxygen shortens your life. Jeff-Relf.Me <@.> - 2017-03-02 16:12 -0800
        Re: Oxygen shortens your life. moroney@world.std.spaamtrap.com (Michael Moroney) - 2017-03-04 17:55 +0000
          You can't change how you were built. Jeff-Relf.Me <@.> - 2017-03-04 13:23 -0800
            Re: Jeff Relf wrong yet again. moroney@world.std.spaamtrap.com (Michael Moroney) - 2017-03-04 23:07 +0000
              Michael Moroney is a spastic moron, period. Jeff-Relf.Me <@.> - 2017-03-04 15:50 -0800
                Re: Michael Moroney is a spastic moron, period. Jeannette Winebarger <taJaot@eeoJnee.org> - 2017-03-05 00:05 +0000
                Re: Michael Moroney is a spastic moron, period. moroney@world.std.spaamtrap.com (Michael Moroney) - 2017-03-05 02:58 +0000
                Re: Michael Moroney is a spastic moron, period. Jeannette Winebarger <taJaot@eeoJnee.org> - 2017-03-05 13:28 +0000
                Re: Michael Moroney is a spastic moron, period. "HGW... DSc." <hgw@....> - 2017-03-08 08:42 +1100
                Re: Michael Moroney is a spastic moron, period. Odd Bodkin <bodkinodd@gmail.com> - 2017-03-07 16:23 -0600
                Re: Michael Moroney is a spastic moron, period. benj <benj@nobody.net> - 2017-03-07 17:54 -0500
                Re: Michael Moroney is a spastic moron, period. Mahipal <mahipal7638@gmail.com> - 2017-03-07 16:25 -0800
                Re: Michael Moroney is a spastic moron, period. moroney@world.std.spaamtrap.com (Michael Moroney) - 2017-03-08 03:35 +0000
                Re: Michael Moroney is a spastic moron, period. "HGW, DSc." <HG@....> - 2017-03-09 04:35 +1100
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                Re: Ralph Malcolm Rabbidge is a spastic moron, period. "HGW, DSc." <HG@....> - 2017-03-10 05:26 +1100
                Re: Michael Moroney is a spastic moron, period. Eddie Zamudio <du@dddzwwaz.da> - 2017-03-06 15:15 +0000
                Re: Jeff Relf knows he has no answers to what I wrote. moroney@world.std.spaamtrap.com (Michael Moroney) - 2017-03-05 02:56 +0000
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      Re: Re: "Life Extension" comes at a price. Michael J. Strickland <michael06582@comcast.net> - 2017-03-03 18:33 -0500
        Re: "Life Extension" comes at a price. moroney@world.std.spaamtrap.com (Michael Moroney) - 2017-03-06 17:18 +0000
    Re: "Life Extension" comes at a price. chrisv <chrisv@nospam.invalid> - 2017-03-03 07:03 -0600
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  Re: 100 year old people are all short and skinny. moroney@world.std.spaamtrap.com (Michael Moroney) - 2017-03-02 14:11 +0000
    Re: 100 year old people are all short and skinny. noTthaTguY <abu.kuanysh05@gmail.com> - 2017-03-02 11:34 -0800
      Re: 100 year old people are all short and skinny. "reber G=emc^2" <herbertglazier0@gmail.com> - 2017-03-02 13:36 -0800
        Re: 100 year old people are all short and skinny. "hanson" <hanson@quick.net> - 2017-03-02 16:49 -0800
      How Many Heartbeats Do You Have Left ? Jeff-Relf.Me <@.> - 2017-03-02 16:27 -0800
        What the fuck is wrong with you Relf? Bubonic Betty <thecrusher191919@tearitup.org> - 2017-03-03 03:41 +0000
          How Many Heartbeats Do You Have Left ? Jeff-Relf.Me <@.> - 2017-03-02 20:02 -0800
  Re: 100 year old people are all short and skinny. benj <benj@nobody.net> - 2017-03-03 17:36 -0500

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