When we discuss the risk of telomere length to cancer risk, there are many studies but the conclusions we reach are limited by our simplistic assumptions.
The Time Travelers’ wives and the burden of free will
When a person realizes that we are all time travelers without “do-overs” moving at a speed of one day per day through our lives, we can accept responsibility for untoward events, whether they be of equal, lesser, or higher probability because of our actions.
Why AI and “respectable men” will never cure aging
Today, it was announced that the MD Anderson Cancer Center decided it had wasted $62M on askng IBM’s Watson computer to cure cancer. It is not surprising, really…a machine cannot ask questions yet, it can only answer them.
Bill Andrews explains why telomerase doesn’t cause cancer
I sat down with noted telomere scientist, Dr. Bill Andrews, the CEO of Sierra Sciences. He explains how the misconception of telomerase causing cancer got started and why it actually is the opposite.
Fidel Castro finally dead at 90
Fidel Castro was 90 years old and like most dictators, institutions, and ideologies, he never lost sight of the “Divine right of kings”