- (ie. regrowing telomeres) - Was there any progress at all so far?

spwa4 · 2026-06-09T11:10:38 1781003438

We found telomerase and tried a bunch of things with it. We can reset the "clock", or DNA being DNA, at least one of the clocks in cells, at will.

Which mostly causes aggressive cancers.

KellyCriterion · 2026-06-09T16:31:41 1781022701

Is there any option on the horizon somewhen in the future to solve this cancer issues?

Like "in theory there is a valid option but we lack X or Y so far to do it properly"?

api · 2026-06-09T11:28:54 1781004534

Some of our aging mechanisms are odometers on cell proliferation. These are adaptations to stop us from getting cancer.

You can be immortal right now. As a blob of cells in culture.

informantics · 2026-06-09T13:14:45 1781010885

Immortality has quite a history to it!