Re: Cornering the causes of aging (was Re: AGING: Accumulation of DNAdamage)

From: Damien Broderick (d.broderick@english.unimelb.edu.au)
Date: Sat Jul 01 2000 - 19:04:13 MDT


At 02:21 PM 1/07/00 +0200, Joao Pedro de Magalhaes wrote:

>fcontinuing my speculatory
>example, using transgenics by inserting DNA repair enzimes of reptilians in
>humans you can easily, and without having to radically change the genome,
>achieve this.

Ah - so we don't become like unto gods by eating the fruit of the Tree of
the Garden, but by eating *the Serpent itself!* :)

This isn't just me being flip - I can already hear the screams of the
enraged fundamentalists. A memetic challenge, if this ever turn out to be
true...

Damien Broderick



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