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16 Nov 2007, 2:20 am

:lol: LOL! You know me. I sneak out to farms at night a do it...



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16 Nov 2007, 2:30 am

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:lol: LOL! You know me. I sneak out to farms at night a do it...


Don't forget, a kinky fence doesn't mean it likes S&M, no matter how hard you hit it with your hammer. :P


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16 Nov 2007, 2:31 am

:lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :P



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16 Nov 2007, 2:34 am

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:lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :P


I've read a lot of Footrot Flats, and my grandmother used to own a farm.


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16 Nov 2007, 2:35 am

Really? My Grandfather was born on a farm.



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16 Nov 2007, 2:39 am

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Really? My Grandfather was born on a farm.


I'm not sure whether my grandmother was actually born on a farm.


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16 Nov 2007, 2:40 am

LOL Is she an animal?



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16 Nov 2007, 2:44 am

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LOL Is she an animal?


Uhhh, no, not in the sense you're thinking, unless you count a human being as being part of the animal kingdom.


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16 Nov 2007, 2:47 am

I meant like a party animal.



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16 Nov 2007, 3:25 am

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Exactly.

Telomeres act as buffers at the ends of chromosomes, basically junk DNA which codes for nothing, and a small chunk of telomere DNA is lost during Mitosis. When there is too little of the telomere left, the DNA is no longer replicated, as loss beyond the telomere may cause cancer. That's when aging starts to occur.


I know telomeres act as a buffer, as well as an aging yardstick. But it is also a quirk of the enzymes involved in DNA replication that some DNA is mismatched at the end. The telomeres are a protection against that. It is in fact too much telomeres (via too much telomerase) that is an indication of cancer. The actual cause of cancer is the overactivation of growth genes, and the suppression of genes that are supposed to either stop replication, or signal cell apoptosis due to damage.


Nice. Don't mutations and gene damage also cause cancer, though?

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16 Nov 2007, 3:40 am

Anubis wrote:
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Exactly.

Telomeres act as buffers at the ends of chromosomes, basically junk DNA which codes for nothing, and a small chunk of telomere DNA is lost during Mitosis. When there is too little of the telomere left, the DNA is no longer replicated, as loss beyond the telomere may cause cancer. That's when aging starts to occur.


I know telomeres act as a buffer, as well as an aging yardstick. But it is also a quirk of the enzymes involved in DNA replication that some DNA is mismatched at the end. The telomeres are a protection against that. It is in fact too much telomeres (via too much telomerase) that is an indication of cancer. The actual cause of cancer is the overactivation of growth genes, and the suppression of genes that are supposed to either stop replication, or signal cell apoptosis due to damage.


Nice. Don't mutations and gene damage also cause cancer, though?

Mutant zombies!! !


Yes, but it is specifically damage to those areas I mentioned that cause cancer.


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16 Nov 2007, 8:40 am

sorry but i need to0 win to cure my hiccups



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16 Nov 2007, 9:03 am

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16 Nov 2007, 10:40 am

i have pepsi and my finger is bleeding :?


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16 Nov 2007, 11:09 am

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i have pepsi and my finger is bleeding :?


:(


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16 Nov 2007, 1:32 pm

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i have pepsi and my finger is bleeding :?


Are the two related?


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