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**munit** · **munit** AimUnit111 User ID: 90060 05-28-2012 02:23 AM **Posts: 4,049**

from: http://viewzone.com/telomerase.html

The Ultimate Medical Breakthrough

by Gary Vey for viewzone (2012)

A couple of weeks ago the results of an experiment were published that offers a glimpse into the future of the human race -- a future when there is no more "getting old" and, most significantly, no cancer. But to fully appreciate what has happened, you will need to get the background story first.

It is a natural desire to want to live a long life. Despite the claims of eating organic food, vegetarianism or vitamins, the only thing scientifically linked to longevity (besides starvation) is genetics. If your parents and grandparents lived a long life, you will likely live long.

We now understand exactly what causes aging and death -- on the molecular level. Scientists have spent the last decade trying to manipulate the enzymes and protiens that determine how many times our cells can make copies of themselves -- and how long we can live. But they have always faced a dilema: the same conditions that makes a cell live longer are also present in cancer.

About a decade ago, it was discovered that the ends of the DNA molecular strands had a long series of meaningless code ("TTAGGG" in the language of DNA enzymes) that kept repeating and repeating. It was noticed that these strands, called telomeres, were longer in young cells (about 10,000 base pairs) and shorter in older cells (about 5,000 base pairs). When the telomeres got too short, the cell died.

For humans, this means that most of our cells have a fixed length to their telomeres that shorten each time they make copies of themselves. When they become too short the cells go dormant -- what we experience as "old age" -- and eventually die.

Telomeres are actually chains of molecules. They have often been compared to the blank leaders on film and recording tape which are intended to provide a "buffer", protecting the vital information during handling. Telomeres perform a similar function during the cell replication process...

best read at the link with all the images and illustrations... http://viewzone.com/telomerase.html

**LoP Guest** lop guest User ID: 54514 05-28-2012 02:32 AM

I've heard of this before but not a lot. Life Extension has some cool stuff.

**Malu**

LoP Guest Wrote:

I've heard of this before but not a lot. Life Extension has some cool stuff.

it does for a select few. it is no secret that many in power believe the earth should have no more than 500 million people. some of the key players are looking for a "god like" experience, perhaps living for hundreds of years.

i am grateful that i was born with the right genetics, although i am still just a mere mortal

**lucifer** lop guest User ID: 92706 05-28-2012 03:31 AM

if you keep the telemeres from degrading you could theoratically live forever now the mind...................

**LoP Guest** lop guest User ID: 54514 05-28-2012 03:34 AM

Why do people want to live forever?

You are really alive in spirit. I do think people should live longer than an average of 70 years, and learn more, seems like just when you start to really master and understand things, your mind deteriorates.

**Wicman**

telomerase activators have been around for a few years. I looked into it but couldn't justify the money for something that wasn't proven yet (talkin big bucks here)

Theres also some questions on what it does to cancer cells

**LoP Guest** lop guest User ID: 84632 05-28-2012 03:57 AM

Just what we need, life extensions so we can have longer mortgages and lives in debt..... like f*ck

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eVPAEoiN0_w

**LoP Guest** lop guest User ID: 96627 05-28-2012 04:26 AM

Life Extension - telomerase therapy is coming to humanity very soon

For the rich only bet that. Useless eaters.................not so much

**MorningMist**

munit Wrote:

from: http://viewzone.com/telomerase.html

The Ultimate Medical Breakthrough

by Gary Vey for viewzone (2012)

A couple of weeks ago the results of an experiment were published that offers a glimpse into the future of the human race -- a future when there is no more "getting old" and, most significantly, no cancer. But to fully appreciate what has happened, you will need to get the background story first.

It is a natural desire to want to live a long life. Despite the claims of eating organic food, vegetarianism or vitamins, the only thing scientifically linked to longevity (besides starvation) is genetics. If your parents and grandparents lived a long life, you will likely live long.

We now understand exactly what causes aging and death -- on the molecular level. Scientists have spent the last decade trying to manipulate the enzymes and protiens that determine how many times our cells can make copies of themselves -- and how long we can live. But they have always faced a dilema: the same conditions that makes a cell live longer are also present in cancer.

About a decade ago, it was discovered that the ends of the DNA molecular strands had a long series of meaningless code ("TTAGGG" in the language of DNA enzymes) that kept repeating and repeating. It was noticed that these strands, called telomeres, were longer in young cells (about 10,000 base pairs) and shorter in older cells (about 5,000 base pairs). When the telomeres got too short, the cell died.

For humans, this means that most of our cells have a fixed length to their telomeres that shorten each time they make copies of themselves. When they become too short the cells go dormant -- what we experience as "old age" -- and eventually die.

Telomeres are actually chains of molecules. They have often been compared to the blank leaders on film and recording tape which are intended to provide a "buffer", protecting the vital information during handling. Telomeres perform a similar function during the cell replication process...

best read at the link with all the images and illustrations... http://viewzone.com/telomerase.html

Interesting post. I have often wondered at how scientists came to the conclusion that this area of the DNA was meaningless.