The Maker of Gore-Tex Is Experimenting With an Artificial Cornea

Post by TomMarius » Sat, May 11, 2019, 8:00 AM UTC

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From what I have learned the most important cause of aging is cancer defense. As we get older DNA gets more and more damaged and cancer a bigger and bigger risk. To prevent cancer, the body slows down cell division. But cell division is very important. It's through cell division that our body renews itself and heals. With a slower division rate we become frail. So if we could strike at the root cause, and heal DNA da…

For some reason people see aging as an illness, some unfortunate byproduct of natural processes. It is not. It is tuned to pefection. You are _made_ to die, it is builtin, it is a feature. Notice how from 0 to 20 you don't "age", you just get stronger and better. How? Some species are considered young in their 40s. You consume enough nutrients and energy to constantly fix yourself. You won't. Why? You need to die for…

Post by ShorsHammer » Sat, May 11, 2019, 10:36 AM UTC

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Income tax is also hardly the only tax wealthy people pay. It's probably the least interesting tax to consider. I keep reading people talking about billionaires "hoarding" their money, as if it was just sitting in a vault like Scrooge McDuck and not being reinvested in countless businesses, while only a small percentage is going towards their 'luxury' lifestyle (which they also assume goes all into useless flashy car…

neither income nor consumption should be taxed, instead, consider taxing that which we do not produce via the work of our own hands, such as land value (which ultimately comes from nature/the productivity of the surrounding community).

Post by adolph » Sat, May 11, 2019, 1:11 PM UTC

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"If it was up to the NIH to cure polio through a centrally directed program instead of independent investigator driven discovery, you'd have the best iron lung in the world, but not a polio vaccine." -Samuel Broder, former Director of the National Cancer Institute

How are the independent investigators financed if not mainly through taxes?

Post by everyone » Sat, May 11, 2019, 2:07 PM UTC

hannasanarion wrote: post #26

everyone wrote: post #24

On a related note, I highly recommend this doc. (Goretex is made with Teflon) https://youtu.be/6veeTrdEyek Chemicals used to make Teflon, which cause cancer, deformity, etc, have been found in the blood of pretty much everyone worldwide.

No, goretex and Teflon are made with an intermediate applicator chemical called PFOA, which is found in high quantities in carpets, wax paper, and some cleaning products and has been dumped in water sources near chemical factories. Its presence is negligible in clothing and cookware.

Post by KitDuncan » Sat, May 11, 2019, 2:26 PM UTC

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As someone with Fuchs Dystrophy (which is slowly blinding me), and writing style aside, I'd like to see the aging billionaires of Web 2.0 throw money at more ideas like this instead of at Hail Mary passes to immortality. Is that so much to ask for? I think it's realistic to live to 100 with 90+ good years. Without fundamental breakthroughs in science, it seems like a hard trek to get beyond that. https://www.allabout…

Are transplants of donor corneas not an option? I have keratoconus, and both my current corneas are transplants, done 21 and 26 years ago. Donor corneas are one of the easiest organ transplants there is to deal with, as there's no life-long anti-rejection medication needed. The unusual distortions caused by the donor corneas' attachment (stitches, scar tissue, etc.) are hard for standard glasses lenses to fix complet…