Word: treated
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...believing he might be able to manipulate them so that the spigot for the enzyme can be turned on and off at will. "I think we are going to see fundamental medicines for aging," Harley says. "With a pill, with cell therapy, I think we may be able to treat aging in very specific areas...
...time being, therefore, many researchers are shifting their focus to goals that are more achievable. If the genes responsible for regulating senescence can't yet be manipulated, they wonder, is it possible to directly treat parts of the body they affect? Jerry Shay, a biologist specializing in cancer research at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center in Dallas, does not rule it out. Instead of engineering genes, he says, "we might be able to squirt some chemical to trigger telomerase at a particular site. The enzyme would turn on for a few weeks, change the expression of cells...
...using the anticaramelization drug pimagedine to help clear arteries and improve cardiac health. Remove heart disease from the constellation of late-life illnesses, and you add three years to the national life expectancy. The detection of a gene that seems to confer protection against Alzheimer's disease may help treat yet another scourge of the aged, currently afflicting 4 million Americans...
...commission to screen the recipients, prepare a list of survivors and first-generation children, seek information on financial need and disburse all the money. No documentation other than who was a survivor and who is in need would be required. Until this situation is resolved, people should treat Switzerland the same way they do Libya, Iran or any other outlaw nation. BILL CASELLO Ann Arbor, Michigan Via E-mail...
...Republican with moderate-centrist views that Democrats could relate to; his pals on the Armed Services Committee would treat him gently; Colin Powell is a buddy...