RE: AGING: Signs of the singularity: Progeria progress

From: Reason (reason@exratio.com)
Date: Thu May 15 2003 - 21:05:44 MDT

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    My impression was that they had been working in parallel for a while and
    only recently swapped notes...but I could be wrong on that.

    Reason
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    > -----Original Message-----
    > From: owner-extropians@extropy.org
    > [mailto:owner-extropians@extropy.org]On Behalf Of Robert J. Bradbury
    > Sent: Thursday, May 15, 2003 1:34 PM
    > To: Extropy List
    > Subject: AGING: Signs of the singularity: Progeria progress
    >
    >
    >
    > Less than a couple of months from the identification of the
    > progeria (Hutchinson-Gilford Syndrome) gene as mutations in
    > Lamin A [LMNa] and the identification (creation?) of an animal
    > model (in mice) for the disease.
    >
    > Now *that* is fast.
    >
    > Premature Aging Syndrome
    > http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2003/05/030515074355.htm
    >
    > Robert
    >



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