They called me mad. Mad! But soon they shall see!
Thu, Apr. 13th, 2006 18:44![[personal profile]](http://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
gominokouhaiHopes rise of cure for cancer as cell division reversed [The Scotsman]
Cell division rewind button found [news.bbc]
A team led by Dr Gary Gorbsky at the Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation were able to interrupt and reverse cell division by manipulating a key protein. They were even able to send duplicate chromosomes, the packages of DNA containing genes, back to the centre of the original cell that gave rise to them - an achievement previously thought to be impossible.
Why is this relagated to a small box on page 11 of the Scotsman and a tiny link on the Health section of BBC News? (Does anyone read the Health section?) This is fucking marvellous. They've essentially reversed aging, on a very small scale. This has potential applications far beyond curing cancer.
More to be done yet, obviously.
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Date: Sat, Apr. 15th, 2006 15:42 (UTC)"Dr Gorbsky" is a brilliant mad scientist name, though.