Comments on: Why cancer rate increases with age (not mutations) http://www.kurzweilai.net/why-cancer-rate-increases-with-age-not-mutations Accelerating Intelligence Wed, 19 Jun 2013 02:46:50 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: Chrispium http://www.kurzweilai.net/why-cancer-rate-increases-with-age-not-mutations/comment-page-1#comment-23244 Chrispium Thu, 05 Jul 2012 10:56:19 +0000 http://www.kurzweilai.net/?p=154909#comment-23244 @Mystery Man Aubrey de Grey uses an example of a 50 year old VW bug in perfect working order and with no rust. As long as you can get the parts for it or have them made, you can keep your car going for as long as you want. @Mystery Man

Aubrey de Grey uses an example of a 50 year old VW bug in perfect working order and with no rust. As long as you can get the parts for it or have them made, you can keep your car going for as long as you want.

]]> By: John Doe http://www.kurzweilai.net/why-cancer-rate-increases-with-age-not-mutations/comment-page-1#comment-23089 John Doe Wed, 04 Jul 2012 19:56:40 +0000 http://www.kurzweilai.net/?p=154909#comment-23089 Mystery Man, comparing a car to a human body is a poor analogy. What you have to look at is what each system is capable of. A rusty car will never unrust itself, but cut your arm and you'll see new skin there - the cut doesn't remain. Older people don't heal as quickly - but they still heal, so aging hasn't completely compromised the sophistication of the system, it has merely decreased its effectiveness. In any case, we already have proof that you can reverse aging in mice, but the techniques are not yet perfect. This points optimistically towards the idea that the system really can be restored, we just have an incomplete map of aging in human bodies. It will happen, the only question is when. This is simply an engineering problem, nothing magical. Mystery Man, comparing a car to a human body is a poor analogy.

What you have to look at is what each system is capable of. A rusty car will never unrust itself, but cut your arm and you’ll see new skin there – the cut doesn’t remain. Older people don’t heal as quickly – but they still heal, so aging hasn’t completely compromised the sophistication of the system, it has merely decreased its effectiveness.

In any case, we already have proof that you can reverse aging in mice, but the techniques are not yet perfect. This points optimistically towards the idea that the system really can be restored, we just have an incomplete map of aging in human bodies.

It will happen, the only question is when. This is simply an engineering problem, nothing magical.

]]> By: merak http://www.kurzweilai.net/why-cancer-rate-increases-with-age-not-mutations/comment-page-1#comment-22983 merak Wed, 04 Jul 2012 11:18:38 +0000 http://www.kurzweilai.net/?p=154909#comment-22983 is this quest for mitochondria powerhause? is this quest for mitochondria powerhause?

]]> By: mystery man http://www.kurzweilai.net/why-cancer-rate-increases-with-age-not-mutations/comment-page-1#comment-22972 mystery man Wed, 04 Jul 2012 10:17:15 +0000 http://www.kurzweilai.net/?p=154909#comment-22972 eventually that old car gets so rusty no amount of tune-ups or part replacements will work. Can you slow down rust, decay, entropy? Yes. Can you un-rust a car into the original steel? Can you slow down aging? Probably... can you reverse it? I doubt it. eventually that old car gets so rusty no amount of tune-ups or part replacements will work. Can you slow down rust, decay, entropy? Yes. Can you un-rust a car into the original steel? Can you slow down aging? Probably… can you reverse it? I doubt it.

]]> By: ThePhi http://www.kurzweilai.net/why-cancer-rate-increases-with-age-not-mutations/comment-page-1#comment-22931 ThePhi Wed, 04 Jul 2012 06:13:33 +0000 http://www.kurzweilai.net/?p=154909#comment-22931 A quite strange article... Or one needing more information (I speak about the original paper from DeGregori, not the article from KurzweilAI). I've searched for the orginal paper ("published today" in Oncogene journal), but apparently, it's not published yet in fact. A quite strange article… Or one needing more information (I speak about the original paper from DeGregori, not the article from KurzweilAI).
I’ve searched for the orginal paper (“published today” in Oncogene journal), but apparently, it’s not published yet in fact.

]]> By: Chrispium http://www.kurzweilai.net/why-cancer-rate-increases-with-age-not-mutations/comment-page-1#comment-22865 Chrispium Tue, 03 Jul 2012 23:53:39 +0000 http://www.kurzweilai.net/?p=154909#comment-22865 If you want wrinkly skin... If you want wrinkly skin…

]]> By: Marcos Marin http://www.kurzweilai.net/why-cancer-rate-increases-with-age-not-mutations/comment-page-1#comment-22788 Marcos Marin Tue, 03 Jul 2012 16:45:59 +0000 http://www.kurzweilai.net/?p=154909#comment-22788 So Aubrey de Grey was right again? : ) Cool. Can I stand in the sun all day long now without all the complaints? thank you very much... So Aubrey de Grey was right again? : )
Cool. Can I stand in the sun all day long now without all the complaints? thank you very much…

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