From: Robert J. Bradbury (bradbury@aeiveos.com)
Date: Wed Jul 23 2003 - 07:28:53 MDT
On Wed, 23 Jul 2003, Brett Paatsch wrote:
> Given the topic is anti-aging (something likely to be of
> interest to many of us) I'd guestimate that in the above
> article there are at least 20 gotchas. Anyone reckon
> they can find more?
How about:
"CEO Steve Parkinson and president and lead researcher, Victor Shashoua
has developed a substance that stimulates the production of enough
anti-oxidant enzymes to virtually stop the clock on aging."
Ca-ca, ca-ca and more ca-ca. There is scientific evidence that cells use
"oxidant" levels as signaling/regulatory indicators -- so any attempts to
"virtually stop the clock" would require a complete redesign of the
system. I can't come up with a good analogy here -- but it would be
something like changing classical stop signs into a form that was colored
green, had a rectangular shape and was positioned facing away from the
driver.
The "program" is designed for reproduction. It incorporates
many faults that enable reproduction but are of poor use
(or even destructive) with regard to long-term self-preservation.
One isn't going to "stop the clock" unless one gets a new
program.
Robert
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