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General Category => Off the Record => Topic started by: Hamilcar on July 24, 2016, 03:58:00 AM

Title: Beyond 120: are we finally getting older slower?
Post by: Hamilcar on July 24, 2016, 03:58:00 AM
Long summary of current science stuff: http://www.tabletmag.com/jewish-news-and-politics/201752/beyond-120

tl;dr: aging could be a genetic program, hacking might be possible
Title: Re: Beyond 120: are we finally getting older slower?
Post by: PDH on July 24, 2016, 07:08:55 PM
They'll figure it out 2 weeks before I die of old age.  I be stuck there forever.
Title: Re: Beyond 120: are we finally getting older slower?
Post by: mongers on July 24, 2016, 07:10:59 PM
Quote from: PDH on July 24, 2016, 07:08:55 PM
They'll figure it out 2 weeks before I die of old age.  I be stuck there forever.

PeDe, you've just described this place.
Title: Re: Beyond 120: are we finally getting older slower?
Post by: LaCroix on July 24, 2016, 07:26:30 PM
gets weird at the end
Title: Re: Beyond 120: are we finally getting older slower?
Post by: OttoVonBismarck on July 24, 2016, 09:44:55 PM
Is this the CRISPR stuff I've been hearing about
Title: Re: Beyond 120: are we finally getting older slower?
Post by: CountDeMoney on July 24, 2016, 11:01:32 PM
Quote from: OttoVonBismarck on July 24, 2016, 09:44:55 PM
Is this the CRISPR stuff I've been hearing about

No, that's an entirely different Frankenstein's Creature in Pandora's Box.
Title: Re: Beyond 120: are we finally getting older slower?
Post by: Hamilcar on July 25, 2016, 12:57:15 AM
Quote from: OttoVonBismarck on July 24, 2016, 09:44:55 PM
Is this the CRISPR stuff I've been hearing about

CRISPR is one possible technology that could be used in this context. The challenge with CRISPR Cas9 in adults is getting it into all your cells.
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