To: shubi
Biology doesn't care about people reaching into old age, just giving them the best opportunity to reproduce and raise young. Which is why Huntington's corea isn't particularly selected against, nor is Alzheimer's.
583 posted on
01/25/2005 11:12:17 AM PST by
Doctor Stochastic
(Vegetabilisch = chaotisch is der Charakter der Modernen. - Friedrich Schlegel)
To: Doctor Stochastic
Right. Genetic engineering is really the only hope for a cure for some diseases of the elderly.
605 posted on
01/25/2005 1:52:00 PM PST by
shubi
(Peace through superior firepower.)
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