++> First flickers of eternal youth -curse or blessing
 ++> or even something OTHER R R R R R r r r r . . . . ????
 
 With the recent discovery of the chemistry to keep gene
 replication continuously accurate, an **eternalish**
 life (physical) becomes *possible* for our carbon based
 chromosomal earth species'*.
 
 Assuming it becomes a successful reality, DOES it suggest
 any predicable changes or new implications in our views of
 philosophy? If it had happened during Plato's watch, *might*
 he have reached other conclusions?  How might it effect OUR
 20th century thinking (besides adding a whole new dimension
 to greed ) ?
 .....I found thinking about it alien & awkward..........!
 
   Evolution leap (direction uncertain?), or even God
   misplacing a whole tree? .....or ending the world with another
   bite from the Snow White "APPLE".....?  or whatever!
 
   The chemical, "telomeres", not normally present in adult
   cells, when introduced into adult cells caused them to regain
   and continue to maintain their once youthful vigor"........
   They are soon to work on producing the chemical synthetically.
 
   * Granted! ...would be a few "bumps" and some major
   problems, technical, social, ECONOMIC, and ethical/morality
   oriented etc.  etc.  ....but the primitive chemistry part of
   it is now coming into view,  ...."the writing on the wall"
   Yes! suicide, war, accident, murder, disease and bad luck
   would not be effected by the introduced telomerese
   protein/enzyme sequence.
 
  NOTE: Not being an "eterno-biologist", I'll leave much-much of
  the heavy stuff to your own reading. It turned out to be a
  trick cancer had known for some time and common in our youth,
  where all tissues were kept new. Those genes that code for the
  "proofreader/correction" (tip of all 46 segments) [find &
  fix function], were identified and their activity verified in
  three types of tissue tested in the lab (inserted multiple
  copies of the gene sequence). This enzyme "teloerese" acts like
  the plastic ends of a shoelace to keep the ends from being frayed.
  With each cell division, it shortens, ticking off lifetime (40
  to 80 clicks) until the cells loose vigor, quit multiplying and
  die (i.e.  skin gets thin and wrinkled). Though poo-pooed or
  minimized by some (always happens), the published fragments seem
  in keeping with exploratory work over the last few years and "at
  least on first blush", sound biologically reasonable to this "non-
  professional". The complete data for examination and inference
  should soon be covered in the major scientific journals ("Journal
  of Science"  was mentioned in the newspaper article, but the media
  always get copies of breakthroughs a bit before they get to my
  library shelves).
 
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                         "ooo"
                          _/ \_
 
   Of course if nature doesn't like it, she'll blow the whistle
   and get her boss to call the game...........!
                                               ...........Dave
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