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."

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Sooo

[Dyinobal]

So can I be immortal yet? Or is it like Highlander, there can only be one?

Re:Sooo

[Yamata no Orochi]

So can I be immortal yet? Or is it like Highlander, there can only be one?

Fight ya for it.

Re:Sooo

[ShieldW0lf]

Actually, the imbalance between those retiring and those working is going to result in the collapse of the structures that support modern civilization, just like the excessive work force the baby boom represented created a dramatic surplus that led to our decadent lifestyle in the first place. There is no problem with earths resources... they are abundant and far in excess of what we need. The problem is in the human resources which are lacking.

Behind the times.

[Arthur Grumbine]

In Korea, only old people have chromosomal degradation in cell replication.

CRC16 or CRC32?

[flyingfsck]

Hmm, I wonder what algorithm is that Telumere and whether it is look-up tables based...