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At 07:20 AM 2000/02/25 -0500, carole hercun wrote: >Hi Ms. Magnolia: So now we that we know about bread and >mutant worms, what about people? Don'tcha just wonder >sometimes whether these researchers have too much >time/money? Or am I just cranky after being awakened too >early by dystonic leg cramps, not yet having received my >caffeine fix? Carole howdy doody ms carolia i think you might well could be suffering from either [a] vitamin E slippage and/or [b] a caffiene insufficiency what jumped out of this report [admittedly while i was in an advanced state of caffiendishness] and into my neurons was/were: >>... Since every cell in the human body has the same set of >> DNA instructions, it is essential for each type of cell >> to activate only the genes needed for its own agenda and >> to ignore the rest... [to which my neurons fired back a loud and generalised "hmmmmmmm.......?!?"] and >> ...sir2 is indeed the cell's acetyl group remover, but it >> needs a special assistant that no one had guessed before: >> a chemical deeply involved in the cell's energy metabolism. >> "This is an incredible insight,"... ["never guessed before ... i luv it!"] and >> ...described Dr. Guarente's work as a "wonderful hypothesis >> that should stimulate a lot of research."... ["full of wonder! yea! go team!"] here's a nibble or two to dunk in your coffee: "what is research, but a blind date with knowledge?" will henry "it is a good morning exercise for research scientists to discard a pet hypothesis every day before breakfast. it keeps them young." konrad lorenz "research is the process of going up alleys to see if they are blind" marston bates "how do i work? i grope." albert einstein "basic research is when i'm doing what i don't know what i'm doing" wernher von braun l'chaim! jannie [pollyanna] magnolia