Spice Melange available soon??


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Spice Melange available soon??

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http://www.telegraph.co.uk/health/healt ... youth.html

Researchers believe boosting the amount of a naturally forming enzyme in the body could prevent cells dying and so lead to extended, healthier, lifespans.

The protein telomerase helps maintain the protective caps at the ends of chromosomes which act like the ends of shoelaces and stop them unravelling.

As we age, and our cells divide, these caps become frayed and shorter and eventually are so damaged that the cell dies. Scientists believe boosting our natural levels of telomerase could rejuvenate them.

A team at the Spanish National Cancer Centre in Madrid tested the theory on mice and found that those genetically engineered to produce 10 times the normal levels of telomerase lived 50 per cent longer than normal.
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Very fascinating... Do you think we'll ever see this consumerized? It would be neat, but this kind of screws things up a bit:
One of the problems with boosting telomerase is that it can increase the risk of cancer.
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Kind of looks like melange... :p
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Drunken Idaho wrote:Image

Kind of looks like melange... :p
Mmmm, tasty!
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On the miracle medication.

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I like that... We'll extend your life, but in order to do so you'll have to die young!
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It looks like the shit from Tribbles... :lol:
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Eew. You've squeezed one till it popped, too, huh? :lol:
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Wait 'till my guinea pig lawyer hears about that one!
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I find ethnic slurs like that quite offensive, actually.
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^^^
^^^You have offended that which could not be offended!!;)
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Do I win a cookie then?
SandChigger wrote:I find ethnic slurs like that quite offensive, actually.
What do you find offensive? Guinea, pig, or lawyer? :)
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I think I already won the cookie.

Chig is a lawyer. Lawyer's aren't human; they're part of their own race of people. You comparing them to Guinea Pigs offends him.


Of course, All lawyers all pigs so...
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Baraka Bryan wrote:
Drunken Idaho wrote:Image

Kind of looks like melange... :p
the orange things or the purple background... cuz the latter is closer to what it would look like
Umm, I actually meant the orange-brown chromosome-looking guys. I always kind of pictured the spice as looking like cinnamon... I wonder why :roll:

I don't really recall a physical description of the stuff by Frank, only lengthy descriptions of its effects.
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OH NO! A segue into another COLOR OF SPICE discussion! RUN! :shock:
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on color of spice

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No no no no! We entice the fight. We feed it, and cause all involed to go completely insane...

That being said, Its been well established on this board and on the former board that THE WAS FUCKING BLUE, DAMMIT! Get your damn facts straight, or 'll misspel soooo bad you'll have a hemorage reading it!
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Re: on color of spice

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Sole Man wrote:No no no no! We entice the fight. We feed it, and cause all involed to go completely insane...

That being said, Its been well established on this board and on the former board that THE WAS FUCKING BLUE, DAMMIT! Get your damn facts straight, or 'll misspel soooo bad you'll have a hemorage reading it!
I double dare you to misspel, Sole man !! :P
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On the above comment

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Jwelele thenjijs HTHE HOLLE WITHUOUOU JIU TEN!
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I'm still trying to puzzle this one out....

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Maybe The Shadow knows?
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"Well, The Hell with you then!"

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Re: on The Sole Man's twisted meaing.

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Sole Man wrote:"Well, The Hell with you then!"

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Re: on offesinveness.

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Sole Man wrote:I think I already won the cookie.

Chig is a lawyer. Lawyer's aren't human; they're part of their own race of people. You comparing them to Guinea Pigs offends him.


Of course, All lawyers all pigs so...
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Re: on color of spice

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Sole Man wrote:No no no no! We entice the fight. We feed it, and cause all involed to go completely insane...

That being said, Its been well established on this board and on the former board that THE WAS FUCKING BLUE, DAMMIT! Get your damn facts straight, or 'll misspel soooo bad you'll have a hemorage reading it!
Didn't you also inform everyone that the spice was crapped out by sandworms, Sloe Man?
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