A few years ago Geron (stock symbol: GERN) claimed that they had determined the major cause of aging. It involved the deterioration of telomerase in normal cells. Their President predicted that within 20 years we would be able to reverse aging and live a good life to about the age of 300. I am not sure he still believes that, but if it occurred what would it do to social security and retirement plans. Cancer cells do not experience aging like normal cells hence Geron recently seems to be targeting the destruction of telomerase in cancer cells. -----Original Message----- From: utah-astronomy-bounces+djcolton=piol.com@mailman.xmission.com [mailto:utah-astronomy-bounces+djcolton=piol.com@mailman.xmission.com] On Behalf Of Joe Bauman Sent: Sunday, December 10, 2006 8:58 PM To: Utah Astronomy Subject: Re: [Utah-astronomy] Planets anyone? Rob, You old guy! I'll only be 107!! -- Yokwe, Joe _______________________________________________ Utah-Astronomy mailing list Utah-Astronomy@mailman.xmission.com http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/utah-astronomy Visit the Photo Gallery: http://www.utahastronomy.com