Breast Cancer: One Cause yet so Many cures BRCA1 is no more a “cancer gene” than policemen are crime-inducers. They don’t cause cancer but if they aren’t policing the DNA, cancers will develop. Read More Edward 10/12/2010 No Comments
Is Paul Dead? (or were his telomeres just too short?) If you were copying taped music but could only press the record button on a leader-less duplicate after pressing the play button on the original, you would have a perfect model for the telomere theory of aging. Read More Edward 10/07/2010 1 Comment
All your cells are infested with bacteria! And that’s a good thing? …we exist only because long ago, little bacteria, the mitochondria, were given a nice place to live inside our cells. Read More Edward 03/21/2010 No Comments