Nancy_Hutchison wrote:Luis--
I discussed telomeres on the cancer thread.
Embryonic stem cells also have telomerase. IMO, cancer cells are ADULT stem cells that have mutated into bizarre embryonic stem cells.
Nancy
True about stem cells. Many thanks for calling it !
But my ingrained and scientifically wrong belief ( ?) comes from something I read that has stuck in my mind when digging around HeLa cells :
“normal tissue stem cells are telomerase competent but mostly silent, while cancer cells are almost universally telomerase expressing”. Meaning, former can but won’t while latter can, and do.
That excerpt was written in 2010 by Jerry W. Shay and Woodring E. Wright, who in 1991 were the first guys to propose “a connection between telomeres, telomerase, aging and cancer” in their paper
“Defining the molecular mechanism of human cell immortalization” and you can read those guys 2010 full opinion here :
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/ar ... 9310004199Again, from where I stand, DNA, its deliberate coding and a seemingly “software bug” left inside (intentionally?), are part of what we are addressing.
It is not “just” about Thought (prayer ?) becoming Reality.
Much as that possibility is possible. Very.
I, for one, believe in it.
That is why I don’t think about certain things.
And do, about others.