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		ralusek on Feb 6, 2021 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Who wants to live for ever? Ageing can be cured–an... Resolving problems related to ageing by addressing the telomere problem is a double edged sword, because no diminishing telomeres means much more cancer. In order to defeat ageing we also have to defeat cancer.

rantwasp on Feb 6, 2021 [–]

hah. telomeres and cancer are a drop in the bucket.

google “the hallmarks of aging” to see roughly what are the problems that we are confronted with

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