From: Rafal Smigrodzki (rms2g@virginia.edu)
Date: Fri Jul 26 2002 - 15:33:29 MDT
Robert J. Bradbury wrote:
So aging is a failure of specific programs to
deal with specific detrimental effects associated with the
processes of life itself. These can range from failure to
evolve a robust mitochondrial DNA repair system, to failure
to evolve a robust DNA DSB repair system, to failure to
eliminate lipofuscin, to failure to maintain proper histone
acetylation, etc.
### Yes, yes, yes!!
It is going to take "a thousand cuts" to solve aging. The
trick is to determine which cuts buy us the most and how
do we develop solutions to them sooner rather than later.
### Exactly!
Rafal
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