biosingularity.wordpress.com — Genes that control the timing of organ formation during development also control timing of aging and death, and provide evidence of a biological timing mechanism for aging, Yale researchers report in the journal Science.
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biohackerDec 28, 2005Submitter
Apache2, this work was published in Science in December 23, 2005 issue, it's not dupe. Please check www.sciencemag.org, if you have doubts.
tidejweDec 28, 2005
Yeah, it's definitely not a dupe. Apache2 is confused by a different, yet SIMILAR article/gene/discovery. I read about something VERY SIMILAR on Slashdot several months ago about a gene that helps to regulate aging and bookmarked it. However, it was an entirely different issue, and they found that Gene actually had very negative side-effects when manipulation was attempted. I can understand why people would think it was a dupe, but it's not.
optimusfxDec 28, 2005
Tampering DNA DRM is a DCMA violation.
tidejweDec 28, 2005
Just because something is a "DCMA violation" now doesn't mean it always will be, nor does some "rule" ensure people won't do it. There's a "rule/law" that says don't go above the speed limit, yet most people do break it sometimes, even if just a little. There are "unethical" scientists too, believe it or not. What is to stop someone from doing this in their basement or some lab and not telling anyone? How would they even find out? What are they going to do, kill off anyone who lives too long, even though they didn't actually do anything to themselves or have a choice in what happened to them as a fetus? PLEASE. . . Also, what is to say that the "rule" won't change some day? Threat a violation never stopped scientist from continuing research on stem cells and cloning. . . they just moved places, and pushed laws and it got more and more relaxed little by little and "rules" changed a bit.
tidejweDec 29, 2005
monolith- I only have time to check DIGG while at work on weekdays = no time to submit articles. I check Digg, slashdot, wired and a few other technology and news sites on occassion. I haven't submitted anything yet because #1 someone else has already submitted it (even though sometimes their description is such that it will NEVER attract enough attention to make the front page). #2 I spend most of my time commenting on current diggs, and rating comments. I sometimes feel like NOBODY else ever rates comments (at least not the good comments), so I am trying to help digg out by marking which comments are good (even if they are against my own opinion, they are sometimes good comments) so people can choose to read just the good comments and skip all the mindless bs comments. Improving comments and insightful debates is really the only way DIGG will ever beat sites like Slashdot, and "most" people don't seem to care so far. In short, I spend more time TRYING to help improve Digg by way of comments & ratings (which few people do), than "finding" diggs since thousands/millions of people are already working on finding diggs. That's why I haven't spent time posting them. Besides, I won't post a Digg unless I am sure it is front page worthy and not a DUPE. Secondly, it's true, I consider myself a fairly religious person. I have done a lot of research on most religions. Basic Christian, JW's, Mormon, Buddhist, Hindu, Islam, etc. Spent countless hrs of study on all of them. I consider myself VERY open-minded, and I like to debate things from all sides. IF too many people are attacking one side of an issue, and I disengage myself from my own opinion and try to see things from another person's or group's point of view and help argue for them whether I personally believe it or not. It helps me understand things better, and sometimes even solidifies my own opinion or even change it if I find good insight by so doing. As I've said in earlier posts. My personal belief is that God uses natural means to accomplish His purposes. I think it is "IMPOSSIBLE" to prove God exists (see Hitch-hiker's God to the Galaxy's explanation on the Babelfish). I believe science basically 100% even over religious explanations. Science will tell us everything about the heavens, and earth and even how we got here (yes, I fully believe in Evolution), and I believe religion will tell us how to get to "heaven".In honesty. . . I believe there is a "truth" out there, and all the wrong religious or non-religious people will not "punished" for believing the wrong thing. All things will be taken into account (family, environment, etc). It's not someone's fault they were born into a certain religion or a certain S.E.S. Everyone will be given a chance to learn and understand the truth. Believing "fundamental beliefs" established by tradition and assumptions/interpretations of men of any current religion are all ridiculous! Anyway, I won't get into that too much right now.Web_weasel-- I have read both sides and looked up both of their sources. Populations could easily be shifted to allow for farming in certain areas, especially if they did the verticle farming (which isn't technically necessary, but could be used in case populations refused to move). As a last note, I think the whole idea behind Intelligent design is RIDICULOUS! Not all religious people believe or support the ID movement when they think for themselves. I believe/support Evolution all the way!
Closed AccountDec 31, 2005
Bravo. A standing ovation to these genetic bioligists (i guess that's what you'd call 'em)