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Gene Therapy Ages Human Cancer Cells in Lab
mattr writes "Korean scientists are the first in the world to selectively age off and kill human cancer cells, by injecting a gene that suppresses telomerase, a cancer-specific enzyme that normally makes cancer cells immortal by protecting the telomere tips of their chromosomes. The telomere length modulation mechanism was found by two scientists from Yonsei University and colleagues at U. Central Florida, and is reported in the April 1 issue of Genes and Development magazine."
The perfect aging drug! Now I can look older and act younger!
The University of Central Florida doesn't get any credit because we don't have a good football team, but this is the third /. piece featuring the school in the past six months. How's for some nerd credit?
but then you have to go through toilet training in reverse.
This happens anyway. Haven't you heard of adult diapers?
DarkMantle I been bored, so I started a blog.
1) Eat more charred foods
2) Use the cell phone handset a lot more
3) picnic under high tension wires often
4) cheap cigarettes from Canada
5) Use more liquids ending in -ene, -ide
6) Have more food colouring parties
7) Break out that Roentgen tube lying in the attic, make some cool photos.
8) Work with small fibres and dusts as often as possible.
Yep, now I can really break loose...
Hedley
Yup, I can see it now:
Aide: Sir, have you looked at the bill on genetic research?
Shrub: Yes, and I vetoed it.
Aide: Um, why sir? It would have cured cancer?
Shrub: It said a side-effect of the research might be immorality, and I won't STAND for that!
Aide: (slaps forehead) No sir, it didn't say immorality, it said immortality.
Shrub: (looks confused)