X-Message-Number: 13933
Date: Tue, 13 Jun 2000 11:11:07 -0400
From: James Swayze <>
Subject: Found cloning cell age info
References: <>


In regards my earlier post regarding cloning producing younger animals and thus 
cells. I found

the information as it was posted here on cryonet. I'll bet someone already did 
the same, but I
would know having not recieved tuesdays cryonet. :(

CryoNet wrote:

>     #13651: Is cloning key to fountain of youth? [Bryan Hall]
>     #13652: Cloning Produces Unnaturally Young Cattle [Jan Coetzee]
>   ----------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> Message #13651
> Date: Thu, 27 Apr 2000 12:56:58 -0700
> From: Bryan Hall <>
> Subject: Is cloning key to fountain of youth?
>
> April 27    MSNBC reports: Cloning could offer a key to the fountain of
> youth, say scientists whose six cloned cows show signs of being younger
> than their chronological ages. Their cloning method appears to have
> reversed the aging process of cells, opening the door to creating organs
> that are nearly immortal for use in transplants, they said Thursday.
>
> Read the full story here:
> http://www.msnbc.com/news/400436.asp
>
> -Bryan
>
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> Message #13652
> Date: Thu, 27 Apr 2000 17:37:00 -0400
> From: Jan Coetzee <>
> Subject: Cloning Produces Unnaturally Young Cattle
>
> Report: Cloning Produces Unnaturally Young Cattle
>
> By Maggie Fox, Health and Science Correspondent
>
> WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Scientists who cloned six cows said on Thursday
> the animals show
> signs of being even younger than their chronological ages, and said this
> could mean cloning
> technology offers a true fountain of youth.
>
> The cloning process seemed to have literally turned back the aging clock
> in the cells of the six
> heifers.
>
> The researchers said it might be possible to use cloning to create
> organs that are nearly immortal
> for use in transplants, or tissue lines to treat diseases of aging such
> as Alzheimer's, arthritis and
> heart disease.
>
> ``Not only were we able to clone calves ... but these animals appear to
> have cells younger than
> their chronological age,'' Robert Lanza of Advanced Cell Technology,
> Inc., who led the study,
> said in a telephone interview.
>
> Clock Gets Reset

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Well, I think that's enough to point those interested in the right direction.

James

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       NOSTRADAMUS 15TH Century

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