X-Message-Number: 26348 Date: Fri, 17 Jun 2005 09:44:35 -0400 From: Thomas Donaldson <> Subject: yet more for Basie and Skrecky SOME COMMENTS: For Basie, umpteenth time: I can but haven't accessed your web site because, at least to me (I can't speak for anyone else) your comments have looked weak and beside the point. But OK, I'll see if I feel the same about your web site as I do about your cryonet comments. The fact that young or even infant animals also contain free radicals is not an argument that free radicals play no role in aging. No animal metabolizing will fail to produce free radicals. The question is just how the metabolism of that animal deals with them. Infants particularly may have a higher proportion of natural antioxidants than adults of that species. Moreover, the presence of free radicals never instantly causes death. It causes a breakdown over time. So infants and children show less breakdown due to free radicals because they're younger than adults. WHAT A FRIGGING SURPRISE! For Doug Skrecky: Warts occur because of an infection. Some cancers may also occur because of infection by (as yet unknown) microorganisms. The treatment in the abstract you quote looks quite specific for the microorganisms producing warts, unfortunately. So if we can find the organism causing a cancer, we can also find a chemical which works against it. I think I heard similar arguments at least 30 years ago or more. Best wishes and long long life for all, Thomas Donaldson Rate This Message: http://www.cryonet.org/cgi-bin/rate.cgi?msg=26348