X-Message-Number: 17236
Date: Fri, 10 Aug 2001 01:47:16 -0400 (EDT)
From: Louis Epstein <>
Subject: Replies to CryoNet #17225 - #17231

On 9 Aug 2001, CryoNet wrote:

> Message #17225 Date: Wed, 08 Aug 2001 09:05:58 EDT
> From: 


> >Just which teas are "green" again?
>
>   All tea is green until you ferment it... black tea is just fermented
>green tea. If it says "green tea" on a package of Lipton, then it should
>be green tea.

I see,I thought it was certain
kinds of leaves (Jasmine vs. Oolong,
for example).

> > And is anyone trying to get FDA approval (for Enamelon),
> > or is it thought to be not worth trying?
>
>   The company was trying to sell to one of the large toothpaste
> companies, but apparently couldn't get them interested.

I thought the "don't hold your breath
waiting for FDA approval" referred to
idealized filling material,not the
advertising-restricted toothpaste?

> ----------------------------------------------------
> Message #17226 Date: Wed, 08 Aug 2001 06:31:50 -0400
> From: James Swayze <>
>
> By popular demand here is what I found regarding the tooth buds I spoke of.
> It's not the original article I remember but it has some valuable
> information.
>
> http://www.newscientist.com/hottopics/cloning/cloning.jsp?id=22682100

I note that they're nowhere near reproducing
enamel,they say...and without that advance how
can they replace teeth?

But I hope a more enamel-like,durable filling
material can be produced in the near term.

> -----------------------------------
> Message #17227 From: 
> Date: Wed, 8 Aug 2001 14:54:09 EDT
>
> > And I understand that periodontal disease is an indicator of
> > decreased longevity in general.So far,I have avoided it,but I'm
> > getting more nervous with time.
>
> Correct.  Patients who have deep gingival pockets that cannot be adequately
> cleaned with home care (flossing, electric tooth brushing) have a
> significantly higher risk of coronary heart disease, arthritis, and adult
> onset diabetes.

And I've recently been retreating from longterm laxity
in caring for my teeth.(Always been going to dentists,
though).One thing I have done often is rinse out...but
it seems that there are always more particles no matter
how many times I do it.

> Periodontitis is painless (like high blood pressure), which
> is why we usually don't any stronger warning signals than bleeding gums,
> mouth odor, or calculus.

Then where does one get "toothache"??

> ----------------------------------------------------
> Message #17231 Date: Wed, 08 Aug 2001 22:22:43 -0700
> From: Mike Perry <>
>
> Louis Epstein, #17220:
> >Obviously,if a writer agrees with you that it's "knowing better",he'll
> >sign up.But they tend not to.(Broderick,Halperin are obvious exceptions...
> >and Ettinger wrote one published SF story,right?).
>
> I don't think Broderick is signed up; he denies it, if somewhat
> apologetically, it in *The Last Mortal Generation* (pp. 224-25).

Well,the question is whether immortalizing medicine will be
here before or after one needs to be placed in stasis to take
advantage of it!

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Nils Sundberg,Sweden's oldest man,
died August 6th at age 109.

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