- Cambridge researcher Aubrey de Grey argues that aging is merely a disease -- and a curable one at that. Humans age in seven basic ways, he says, all of which can be averted.
Friday, 18 November 2011
Avoid Aging
Aubrey de Grey has been on the scene for a while. I first came across him in an article in The Guardian several years ago. He has very thought provoking ideas. On this TED Talk he discusses some of these ideas:
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I think his assertion that mtDNA can simply be migrated to the nucleus betrays a profound lack of understanding. Without local gene expression, mitochondria would function far, far less efficiently, if at all. Plus there's the matter of nuclear and mtDNA using different coding mechanisms.
A more realistic approach might be to help mtDNA develop defense mechanisms similar to those employed by nuclear DNA.
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