Chromosome Ends and Diseases of Aging

[dgeramie1]

How was this innovation at this time? Does it become a basic foundation for treating cancer, by means of genes.

[goldendoodles1]

I'm asking because all of the men on my father's side became alcoholics. It seems genetic. However, I had a genetic study done on my self through a genetics lab and I picked up the best possible genes from both parents, equally.

So, I'm not screwed after all.

[7410n0]

That's most likely a behavioral thing than a genetic thing.

[goldendoodles1]

I just meant that my father drank heavily and smoked heavily and passed away in his 70s. His father lived to be in his late 90s and was also a heavy drinker. My mother is a non smoker/non drinker and she's just now going into her 80s. Her mother lived into her 90s. What chances do I have being a non smoker and moderate drinker?

[BrutusBlackest]

Ah...I see now. Well, that actually depends whether or not you accept the disease model of addiction. If you do, then you have about a 50/50 chance of being substance dependent. if , on the other hand, you think its genetic, you're, for lack of a better word, screwed.

[BrutusBlackest]

Fascinating! If I'm comprehending this correctly ( and that's a big if), we are on the last leg of not only developing a cure for cancer, we are nearing genetic immortality. Wow. Wow. Wow. I think I've just had my mind blown.

[mggabr]

could you Dr, Please send me that lecture on my email

Congratulation!

Thank you

[RoyalOui]

Professor Blackburn just won the 2009 Nobel Prize in medicine (along with Carol Greider (of Johns Hopkins) and Jack Szostak (of Harvard University Medical School).

[goldendoodles1]

What if your parent passed away due to a health issue such as excessive drinking and smoking...does this play a part in the longivity regarding genetics?

[BrutusBlackest]

I'm not sure I understand what you're asking...Does the excessive smoking and drinking play a part in your genetics? i would think only if one or both parents were engaged in such behavior at the time of conception. Likewise, perhaps if one's mother did so while in gestation. Otherwise, I don't see how such behavior could effect an offsprings genetic integrity

[sonoflipoic]

im the first ...yeah!  .... hello??? =D