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Interesting (somewhat) related article:

Coming To A Bad End: Lost Chromosome Tips Linked To Heart problems

39 posted on 01/19/2007 4:28:26 PM PST by blam

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To: blam

Telomeres.
Learned about that from Michio Kaku. Those are the things on the ends of shoelaces, and on the ends of DNA, that keep the fibers from fraying.

40 posted on 01/19/2007 4:38:39 PM PST by RightWhale (Repeal the law of the excluded middle)

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