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Age A Byproduct of Cancer Defense?

Posted by Hemos on from the vectors-of-prevention dept.

A reader writes "The International Herald Tribune has an article which says, in brief: they have discovered that aging in mice seems to be a byproduct of the chemicals that prevent cancer" If true, that's quite a double edged sword - avoid death, to cause it later.

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  1. Quick note to all the mice reading slashdot by cscx · · Score: -1, Offtopic
    In order to preserve your youth, please begin smoking cigarettes like a fiend.

    Surgeon General's Warning: All your base are belong to us.

  2. a simple formula... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    eat good food and live a long miserable life.

    eat bad food and live a short happy life.

    So now all this stuff that prevents us from dying right away makes us age faster. I say eat all the cancer-causing fatty foods you can. Live short and die happy!

  3. Curly Quotes by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    "This is a test of cross-platform 'curly quotes.' Can you Unix users out there see curly quotes?"

  4. Re:Evolutionary balance? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Don't make me talk to your Mama 'bout this

    My Mama is still a virgin - please be nice to her.

  5. Re:Evolutionary balance? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    My Mama is still a virgin

    No, she isn't - she just thinks she is..

    That turkey-baster the aliens used DOES count.

  6. In related News by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    I have discovered a cure for cancer...

    I think I will name it....

    Death.

  7. Re:I'd rather... by Brendan+Byrd · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    Or to quote Bob Dylan: "Growing Forever Old". Of course, I figure that if my brain is still working, I'm still a functional member of society.

    --
    Zodiac Survey
  8. sex and death evolved together by peter303 · · Score: 2, Offtopic

    Single cell organisms pretty much live forever
    until they are eaten, starve, or encounter an
    enviromental hazard. Multi-cellular bodies,
    pre-programmed death, and sex pretty much evolved
    together about 700 million years ago.

  9. In other news... by Bake · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Lack of food causes starvation.