Your recent wondrous information about the work of Joel Sternheimer and
his production of 'protein melodies' that can either inhibit or enhance
specific protein actions got me to thinking about the recent claims about
telomerase. Specifically;
> ''We found that cellular aging can be put on hold by the introduction
> of a recently cloned gene.'' The scientists announced the cloning of
> the telomerase gene in August. Shay says telomerase freezes a
> molecular mechanism that controls cellular aging - the progressive
> shortening of telomeres. Each cells is born with a pre-set number of
> telomeres.
> Telomeres are DNA tags at the end of chromosomes. Some telomeres are
> lost every time a cell divides.
> When telomeres become very short, the cells starts to break down and
> that's when a person gets physical problems like wrinkles, heart
> disease and failing vision and memory.
> Shay says, ''Having long telomeres is like having a full tank of gas.
> Having short telomeres is like running on empty.'' Adding the enzyme
> gene to normal cells elongated the cells' telomeres, and many of the
> cells continued to divide for more than 20 generations beyond the
> point when they usually give out. Other than reproductive cells, most
> normal tissues have little or no telomerase.
Perhaps this 'enzyme gene' could be duplicated acoustically and tested
with a volunteer group using a standard set of protocols, i.e. specific
markers that would show if it was working or not.....energy level,
activity, appetite, mental alertness....most of which are highly
subjective and thus anecdotal...though physical markers would also be
useful if they could show a before and after reading.
With 'virtual medicine', it would appear the presence of the physical
material is not necessary, simply the energy signature that evokes
physical responses AS IF there was an actual ingestion of a physical
drug or compound.
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