From: Philos Anthropy (anthropy@inwave.com)
Date: Fri Dec 12 1997 - 07:10:27 MST
Joao Pedro wrote:
> Hi|
>
> You wrote:
> ><HTML>
> >I really enjoyed your web site and will read more and follow some of your
> >links too. You might like my <A
> HREF="http://www.geocities.com/ResearchTriangle/9356">web
> >site</A> as well.... It has a similar focus and has complete bibliographies.
> ><BR>Sincerely, Bill.</HTML>
>
> Thank you, I've visited your site and it looks very good -- actually I've
> visited you page before you told me about it. I'm not so certain that human
> cloning will be the key to immortality -- gene therapy? -- but it's an idea.
>
> See ya,
> Other ways to extend life include prominently:
(1) the "cleaning up" of free radical oxidants (single molecular oxygen with a
double minus charge usually [O -2] by antioxidants. These reduce the molecular
destruction of our cells. Aging is really "wear and tear" on the system and free
radicals add to this thus accelerating the aging process. Incidentally part of
this molecular destruction os if DNA including (it is expected) damage to
protooncogenes that are shut off during embryological development. If free
radicals damage a promoter site on a protooncogenes it could be turned on or
triggered into fast embryological development i.e. cancer. I take my Centrum
every day. :-) (2) better diet. Everyone has heard about the mice that lived
longer with less (better?) food. (3) exercise (Tae Kwon Do is my favorite)
Futuristically nanomachines (if/when they exist) may be able to detect and
reverse molecular destruction as well. Gene therapy is only useful for specific
clearly defined genetic diseases (genetic defects). For NOW we can harvest spare
body parts from an anencephalic (brain absent) clone when these parts (esp.
heart, kidneys, liver and lungs, etc.) wear out. This (presently possible) will
work for a long time. Eventually too many things will wear out and one will need
a new copy of one's body. This is where neuroregenerative techniques are
important (see http://www.geocities.com/ResearchTriangle/9356/WebRegen.html) so
that the necessarily severed or transected spinal cord can be reconnected.
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