So...science just mapped the enzyme that causes aging...

[QUOTE="nintendoman562"]

It's an unrealistic drug target because it's absolutely necessary for DNA replication.

DirigiblePlums

Your thread title is misleading as telomerase enlongates the telomeres of DNA chromosomes, thus giving it a longer life.
They overactivated telomerase in mouse models before. It lead to horrible cancers.

You still have the problem of mitochondria decaying much faster than the nucleus/DNA, due to oxidative stress over a life's time.
Telomeres are only one part of achieving theoretical immortality. I'm surprised we do not conserve cells of newborn babies as a standard procedure seeing that those cells are in pristine condition, with maximum lenght telomeres.

[QUOTE="NEWMAHAY"]

Telomerase reverses ageing process

Good resource if anyone wants to read.

Yusuke420

I don't think they should ever make us have much longer lifespans than we do now. Now if they can give us a higher quality of life till the end that would be awesome. Slow the physical aging down would be great. I'm sure nearly every 40yr old wishes they still had the body they did at 25.Kurushio

some scientist believe they be able transfer your brains to a robot  

http://rt.com/news/prime-time/avatar-russian-scientists-brain-983/

mark Zuckerberg is funding a similar project  IDk if thats the same one he's funding 

Forget the body of a 25Yold. More like the body of superman.  well not that insane because we all know superman is overpowered lol

http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/breakthrough-3-d-structure-of-245100.aspx

It's an unrealistic drug target because it's absolutely necessary for DNA replication.

http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/breakthrough-3-d-structure-of-245100.aspx

 

Like finally seeing all the gears of a watch and how they work together, researchers from UCLA and UC Berkeley have, for the first time ever, solved the puzzle of how the various components of an entire telomerase enzyme complex fit together and function in a three-dimensional structure. The creation of the first complete visual map of the telomerase enzyme, which is known to play a significant role in aging and most cancers, represents a breakthrough that could open up a host of new approaches to fighting disease, the researchers said.DirigiblePlums

I CAME BUCKETS! This is finally it, good bye aging, we gonna hit the club forever!

It's an unrealistic drug target because it's absolutely necessary for DNA replication.

nintendoman562

From what i've heard in my biology classes I think cancer and aging are somewhat opposites. Normal cells do not replace their telomeres and thus have a limited lifespan, after a certain number of replications the telomere is eaten away and the cell stops replicating and dies (when this happens in large numbers eventually the person begins to exhibit the various signs of aging), in germ-cells (i.e. cells that give rise to ova and spermatazoa) and in cancer cells the telomeres are repaired so that they could replicate themselves in perpetuity if provided the right nutrients and raw materials.

I don't think they should ever make us have much longer lifespans than we do now. Now if they can give us a higher quality of life till the end that would be awesome. Slow the physical aging down would be great. I'm sure nearly every 40yr old wishes they still had the body they did at 25.Kurushio

[QUOTE="nintendoman562"]

It's an unrealistic drug target because it's absolutely necessary for DNA replication.

DirigiblePlums

From what i've heard in my biology classes I think cancer and aging are somewhat opposites. Normal cells do not replace their telomeres and thus have a limited lifespan, after a certain number of replications the telomere is eaten away and the cell stops replicating and dies (when this happens in large numbers eventually the person begins to exhibit the various signs of aging), in germ-cells (i.e. cells that give rise to ova and spermatazoa) and in cancer cells the telomeres are repaired so that they could replicate themselves in perpetuity if provided the right nutrients and raw materials.

whipassmt

[QUOTE="DirigiblePlums"][QUOTE="nintendoman562"]

It's an unrealistic drug target because it's absolutely necessary for DNA replication.

nintendoman562

So I'm going to live forever now?

Telomerase reverses ageing process

Good resource if anyone wants to read.

Telomerase reverses ageing process

Good resource if anyone wants to read.

NEWMAHAY

[QUOTE="Kurushio"]I don't think they should ever make us have much longer lifespans than we do now. Now if they can give us a higher quality of life till the end that would be awesome. Slow the physical aging down would be great. I'm sure nearly every 40yr old wishes they still had the body they did at 25.DirigiblePlums

No tell them figure out why we need sleep and make a no sleep pill or something... 

OR

tell NASA lasso the earth and pull it back from the sun because i need more hours in a day

[QUOTE="Yusuke420"]

[QUOTE="NEWMAHAY"]

Telomerase reverses ageing process

Good resource if anyone wants to read.

DrTrafalgarLaw

It's actually not A's, it's a repetitive sequence and actually can repeat the template multiple times

[QUOTE="DrTrafalgarLaw"]

[QUOTE="Yusuke420"] What about an artficial enzyme? Build one that replicates to a certain point and then stops completely. 

lostrib

It's actually not A's, it's a repetitive sequence and actually can repeat the template multiple times

[QUOTE="nintendoman562"]

It's an unrealistic drug target because it's absolutely necessary for DNA replication.

DirigiblePlums

I'm no scientist but this sounds like the premise for a bad sci-fi movie.

[QUOTE="DirigiblePlums"][QUOTE="nintendoman562"]

It's an unrealistic drug target because it's absolutely necessary for DNA replication.

Teenaged

I'm no scientist but this sounds like the premise for a bad sci-fi movie.

Is that the premise of the film? >__>

PS: I dont watch a lot of movies, let alone Justin Timberlake movies.

Is that the premise of the film? >__>

 

 

PS: I dont watch a lot of movies, let alone Justin Timberlake movies.

Teenaged

Yes, everyones ages if fixed at 27 years and people then have to work for extra time and if the clock on yout arm goes to zero you die, and there is a small group of rich people that have thousands of years, Leonard from big bang is in it.

Well, even if they find it, they wont let us lay people get access to it...

[QUOTE="Teenaged"]

Is that the premise of the film? >__>

 

 

PS: I dont watch a lot of movies, let alone Justin Timberlake movies.

tenaka2

Yes, everyones ages if fixed at 27 years and people then have to work for extra time and if the clock on yout arm goes to zero you die, and there is a small group of rich people that have thousands of years, Leonard from big bang is in it.

Is it crappy or just mediocre?

[QUOTE="Kurushio"]I don't think they should ever make us have much longer lifespans than we do now. Now if they can give us a higher quality of life till the end that would be awesome. Slow the physical aging down would be great. I'm sure nearly every 40yr old wishes they still had the body they did at 25.DirigiblePlums

Day 1

[QUOTE="tenaka2"]

[QUOTE="Teenaged"]

Is that the premise of the film? >__>

 

 

PS: I dont watch a lot of movies, let alone Justin Timberlake movies.

Teenaged

Yes, everyones ages if fixed at 27 years and people then have to work for extra time and if the clock on yout arm goes to zero you die, and there is a small group of rich people that have thousands of years, Leonard from big bang is in it.

Is it crappy or just mediocre?

6/10

[QUOTE="DirigiblePlums"][QUOTE="nintendoman562"]

It's an unrealistic drug target because it's absolutely necessary for DNA replication.

Teenaged

I'm no scientist but this sounds like the premise for a bad sci-fi movie.

If I'm not mistaken scientists have already reversed aging in mice.

[QUOTE="Teenaged"]

[QUOTE="DirigiblePlums"] I could be wrong here, but couldn't we shut off the aging part of it but not the DNA replication part? I'm sure science can do it, given enough time.TacticalDesire

I'm no scientist but this sounds like the premise for a bad sci-fi movie.

If I'm not mistaken scientists have already reversed aging in mice.

It's not exactly an easy transition

[QUOTE="TacticalDesire"]

[QUOTE="Teenaged"]lol

 

I'm no scientist but this sounds like the premise for a bad sci-fi movie.

lostrib

If I'm not mistaken scientists have already reversed aging in mice.

It's not exactly an easy transition

No, I'd imagine it's quite difficult, and I'm not saying it is anything we will achieve in the near future, but the possibility remains.

I don't believe this. Similar stuff have been said some 50 years ago...