Hi Wayne, Not sure about that article...but I suspect it has something to do with the shortening of telomeres with cell division and cell death. Does this sound like what you read? Kit
Telomeres and Aging by John Medina, Ph.D. "The ticking of a countdown stopwatch is a chilling metaphor, often used by modern literary types to describe the aging process and, by implication, our own mortality." "One of the reasons why the metaphor gives even cold, hard scientists like me the shivers is that this allegorical ticking has a non-allegorical biological correlate." <http://www.geriatrictimes.com/g001216.html>http://www.geriatrictimes.com/g 001216.html Here's another number: (% of function diagram's pretty interesting) "The potential lifespan of a human is probably finite and around 115 years. Deterioration in body function, and death, is ultimately inevitable." <http://www.healthandage.com/html/res/primer/primer2.htm>http://www.healtha ndage.com/html/res/primer/primer2.htm At 12:31 PM 3/16/03 -0600, you wrote: >Evening Marshall, > >>Not surprising. They will do anything they can to keep as much as possible >>from the Ponzi Scheme they call social security, even making sure everyone >>dies >>at a ripe young age. > > I read an article recently that stated, "we are programmed to die >between the ages of 60 and 70". > >Of course I know that, and most of you do too. Has anyone seen that >article or any similar articles? > > Wayne > -- The silver-list is a moderated forum for discussion of colloidal silver. Instructions for unsubscribing may be found at: http://silverlist.org To post, address your message to: [email protected] Silver-list archive: http://escribe.com/health/thesilverlist/index.html List maintainer: Mike Devour <[email protected]>
