X-Message-Number: 1353 From: whscad1!kqb (Kevin Q Brown +1 201 386 7344) Subject: CRYONICS Programmed for Destruction The cover article of the Nov. 21, 1992 issue of Science News is titled "Programmed for Destruction." It surveys recent progress in understanding apoptosis (programmed cell death), and focuses on how development and, especially, some forms of cancer come about. Although there was no mention of progress in halting or reversing aspects of mammalian aging, this work seems likely to stimulate a lot more intriguing research. Stay tuned. Also, on page 343, the article "Molecular tools for nanomanufacturing" shows some of the recent work of Ralph Merkle (and Eric Drexler) on simulating molecular gears and bearings. Kevin Q. Brown UUCP ...att!whscad1!kqb INTERNET or Rate This Message: http://www.cryonet.org/cgi-bin/rate.cgi?msg=1353