I think I'll e-mail Jerry Shay, Ph.D., one of the cell
biologists at UT Southwestern who are working with
Geron. They work just down the street. I'm curious to
hear his comments on what direction he believes
telomerase research is headed. And whether there's any
interest in animal experimentation now that they've
immortalized simple cells.
Any questions you guys want me to pass on?
Scott
--- JacqMath@aol.com wrote:
> On Aug 31, 2000, Cymm wrote:
>
> >Is the use of antioxidants drugs to extend; average
> life span; useful
> >reproductive life span; and even maximal life span,
> new?
> >
> >Haven't I read about such stuff for, like, decades?
> >
> >Anyway... when someone finds out can he/she post
> the drugs' names on the
> >list? I'm desperate.
>
> There has been a free radical theory of aging for
> decades but the use of
> antioxidants as a cure for aging has been elusive.
> This really proves
> nothing however. The two compounds used mimic the
> effects of superoxide
> dismutase and catalase, two free radical scavengers
> that are found in the
> human body. C. elegans is a much simpler life form
> and excess of these two
> compounds in the human body would probably cause the
> body to stop producing
> it's own. If these did work, however, they would
> only be useful in
> increasing our average life span and useful
> reproductive life span. Our
> maximal lifespan can't be raised unless we rebuild
> our telomeres or use
> another technique to get around this problem.
>
> Jacques Mathieu
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