We're Getting Younger!!

[DeniseGoldberg]

[QUOTE=RoadRavenDoes this mean I will skip my birthday all-together this year?[/QUOTE]

Don't do that! I think birthdays are a fine excuse to take the day off (from work) and go cycling! And since cycling keeps us young...
--- Denise

[nuthatch]

And if we ride fast enough, our telomeres will actually get longer. We'll ride off into the eternal sunset!!

[RoadRaven]

I had to google this...

What are TELOMERES???

Telomeres are the physical ends of linear eukaryotic chromosomes. They are specialized nucleoprotein complexes that have important functions, primarily in the protection, replication, and stabilization of the chromosome ends. In most organisms studied, telomeres contain lengthy stretches of tandemly repeated simple DNA sequences composed of a G- rich strand and a C-rich strand (called terminal repeats). These terminal repeats are highly conserved; in fact all vertebrates appear to have the same simple sequence repeat in telomeres: (TTAGGG)n. Often sequences adjacent to the telomeric repeats are highly polymorphic, are rich in DNA repetitive elements (termed subtelomeric repeats), and in some cases, genes have been found in the proterminal regions of chromosomes.

http://www.genlink.wustl.edu/teldb/tel.html

[nuthatch]

I don't think I could have slept tonight without knowing my telomeres were protecting my chromosome ends. What a load off my mind! (Just messin' with ya, kid! )

That description reminds me of when I made the mistake of asking my son what he was covering this week in biology. Out came an explanation of replicant RNA sequences. I'm glad someone is keeping track of this stuff!

[RoadRaven]

LOL
Nor could I have slept tonight... LMAO!!!

This description isn't the most user-friendly, but I really do have to try and slip "telomeres" into a conversation...

ROFL

[CorsairMac]

TY TE for expanding my vocabulary horizons!!....First Zoftig and now Telomeres!.........

Corsair "working on sentences with her new words" Mac