The scientists involved also say this won't necessarily increase life-span,
but may help with what they called "health-span".
I don't know -why- it wouldn't help with life-span, but that's what they
said.
It seems a fountain of youth for the individuals cells does not imply a
fountain of youth for the organism as a whole. (Or maybe they were just
being conservative, meaning only that the former does not -necessarily-
imply the latter, based on our current understanding.)
--John
> -----Original Message-----
> From: evolution-owner@udomo2.calvin.edu
> [mailto:evolution-owner@udomo2.calvin.edu]On Behalf Of Glenn Morton
> Sent: Wednesday, January 14, 1998 9:23 PM
> To: evolution@calvin.edu; asa@calvin.edu
> Subject: long life from a pill
>
>
> In my first book, Foundation, I suggested that the Tree of Life might have
> had something to do with replacing human telomerase. Today in the New
York
> Times there was an article on an experiment which will appear in Science
in
> which telomerase was replaced in human cells and these cells have gone
> through 90 divisions or so. Normally cells die after only 50. The article
> is at:
>
http://www.nytimes.com/yr/mo/day/news/national/sci-cells-lifespan.html