How Doctors die. It’s not like the rest of us (2016)

Re:How Doctors die. It’s not like the rest of us (2016) by huachimingo on Wednesday September 08, 2021 @08:49PM (#28464914)

You could achieve more life by reactivating more regeneration, but DNA replication is costly when you do it over and over again, damaging telomeres.[1]

And uncontrolled regeneration can give you tumors [citation needed], so there is no easy path other than your own genetics or having a good lifestyle.

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Telomere

Even rivers and stars have an end...

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Re:How Doctors die. It’s not like the rest of us (2016) by pochekailov on Wednesday September 08, 2021 @09:15PM (#28465099)

Telomeres are only one part of the equation, and they likely natural mechanism for controlling the cell differentiation. My understanding they resemble natural breaks that prevent cells to divide uncontrollably where they shouldn't.

I doubt they are the primary cause of ageing.

I prefer the theory explaining ageing as an epigenome misregulation that David Sinclair describes.

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