Re: No early aging in cloned mice

From: Michael S. Lorrey (retroman@turbont.net)
Date: Fri Sep 22 2000 - 19:19:43 MDT


I'm hoping someone will give a link to an online science article on it, because
the Boston Globe's typical 6th grade reading level just does not give the
details....

Jason Joel Thompson wrote:
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Michael S. Lorrey" <retroman@turbont.net>
> To: <extropians@extropy.com>
> Sent: Friday, September 22, 2000 4:16 PM
> Subject: GEN: No early aging in cloned mice
>
> > An AP article today details a study published today in Nature that
> contradicts
> > the conclusions of a 1999 study of Dolly which showed early wear of
> telomeres. A
> > mouse study at the U of Hawaii and Rockefeller U cloned six successive
> > generations of mice with no signs of premature aging....
>
> Yes, but why not?



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