Chromosome Ends and Diseases of Aging
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UCSF Professor Elizabeth Blackburn explores the effects of aging on a cellular level. Series: Osher Lifelong Learning Presents [7/2008] [Health and Medicine] [Show ID: 14535]
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May 19th, 2010 at 10:52 pm
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excellent work!
May 20th, 2010 at 4:24 pm
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That’s most likely a behavioral thing than a genetic thing.
May 22nd, 2010 at 12:59 pm
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I’m asking because all of the men on my father’s side became alcoholics. It seems genetic. However, I had a genetic study done on my self through a genetics lab and I picked up the best possible genes from both parents, equally.
So, I’m not screwed after all.
May 24th, 2010 at 7:18 am
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Ah…I see now. Well, that actually depends whether or not you accept the disease model of addiction. If you do, then you have about a 50/50 chance of being substance dependent. if , on the other hand, you think its genetic, you’re, for lack of a better word, screwed.
May 27th, 2010 at 10:19 am
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I just meant that my father drank heavily and smoked heavily and passed away in his 70s. His father lived to be in his late 90s and was also a heavy drinker. My mother is a non smoker/non drinker and she’s just now going into her 80s. Her mother lived into her 90s. What chances do I have being a non smoker and moderate drinker?
May 30th, 2010 at 10:31 am
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Fascinating! If I’m comprehending this correctly ( and that’s a big if), we are on the last leg of not only developing a cure for cancer, we are nearing genetic immortality. Wow. Wow. Wow. I think I’ve just had my mind blown.
June 2nd, 2010 at 11:48 am
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I’m not sure I understand what you’re asking…Does the excessive smoking and drinking play a part in your genetics? i would think only if one or both parents were engaged in such behavior at the time of conception. Likewise, perhaps if one’s mother did so while in gestation. Otherwise, I don’t see how such behavior could effect an offsprings genetic integrity
June 4th, 2010 at 8:00 am
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could you Dr, Please send me that lecture on my email
Congratulation!
Thank you
June 6th, 2010 at 4:46 am
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Professor Blackburn just won the 2009 Nobel Prize in medicine (along with Carol Greider (of Johns Hopkins) and Jack Szostak (of Harvard University Medical School).
June 9th, 2010 at 8:29 am
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What if your parent passed away due to a health issue such as excessive drinking and smoking…does this play a part in the longivity regarding genetics?
June 12th, 2010 at 4:29 am
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im the first …yeah! …. hello??? =D