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Aging Discovery Yields Nobel Prize
An anonymous reader writes This year's Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine is awarded to three scientists who have solved a major problem in biology: how the chromosomes can be copied in a complete way during cell divisions and how they are protected against degradation. The Nobel Laureates have shown that the solution is to be found in the ends of the chromosomes, called the telomeres, and in an enzyme that forms them."
We need to remove the copy protection first, then there will be many.
So they've changed the chromosome code to encode data using a lossless codec instead of a lossy one. Terrific, now we have to put up with people moaning about the lack of FLAC encoding in their music AND genes.
Thanks a bunch, stupid scientists.
Summation 2
What, you live in binary years? So, you'll die when you're 0x200?
It's NOT me! It's the meds! I'm on 1000mg of Fukitol.
actually, the number of retiring people who are invalids is statistically insignificant when considering load on earth's resources. the major problem is people just like you. so if you could kindly "take one for the team", so to speak, and better yet snuff a couple of your friends before you check out, we the remaining population will be most grateful.
Naw, he's planning on moving to Mercury. He'll be 512 years old, but it will only be 2.6 * 10^9 seconds.
I would hate to have my mussels age too. They really are better fresh.
One of the worst thing about watching someone get old is to see their self reliance taken away and needing someone to help them into and out of the bath, change their diaper, feed them and put them to bed.
Speak for yourself.
I had to change my kids' diapers. Turnabout is fair play.
I, for one, look forward to being a burden to my family and making them change my diaper.
breed and live longer
There's the important phrase. As long as you don't breed, there is no economic problem with your living forever. Good news for Slashdot denizens, not such good news for Catholics.
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And some people never have any children, such as my parents.
It's more than a slight exaggeration - I'm quite certain that Mr. Borlaug has two hands!