Gerontology
Life Extension: Moral and Ethical Ramifications
Ever since the dawn of mankind, humans have sought to conquer their mortality. Ultimately though, ancient quests for longevity, like the Spanish search for the Fountain of Youth, have yielded nothing. Recent advances in medicine and biology have finally made this timeless desire a possibility in the near future. Through techniques like caloric reduction and [...]
Fighting Cancer by Inhibiting Telomerase
Finding new ways to improve cancer therapies has presented opportunities and challenges to biomedicine and biotechnology. After learning that telomere length might serve as an effective predictor of cancer risk and survival, scientists have looked to these chromosomal ends for purposes that go beyond their use as signals of cell deterioration. By inhibiting telomerase, a [...]
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