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...demographic wave, how much further than 100 is it possible to go? Is 150 reasonable? 200? What about 300? And if not, why not? The body, after all, is just a machine--albeit a wet, cranky, willful one--and, as with all machines, it should be possible to extend the warranty. "There is no evidence we know of that human life expectancy is anywhere close to its ultimate limit," says James Vaupel, a Duke University demographer and the soon-to-be director of the Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research in Germany, "if there is an ultimate limit...
...Clock-1 genes in the two species are so very similar," he says, "that it's possible the whole clock system works the same way. If we find all of the human clock genes, we can perhaps slow them down just a little, so we can extend life...
...they seem to be associated with a dramatic reduction in cancer or other diseases; in others, some antioxidants, such as beta-carotene, actually seem to be associated with an increase. In either event, few contemporary aging researchers think self-medicating at a salad bar is the best way to extend the human life-span. Far more promising might be new research into another by-product of cellular metabolism: glycosylation--or what cooks call browning...
...taking the lead from Locker, the team is relaxed going into the game, confident in its abilities and ready to extend its Harvard-record winning streak...
Frequently, where Democrats won, they succeeded by presenting themselves as politicians who had learned a lesson and were less ambitious to extend government than before 1994. In a North Carolina district adjoining Funderburk's, Democrat David Price won back the House seat he had lost in 1994 largely by making that pitch. Noting that so-called control of the House is a matter of a few votes, Price said, "both parties have now been burned by overreacting. People are hungry for more practical and less ideological leadership. What that should mean is that whatever party is in control will have...