http://blogcritics.org/ A sinister cabal of superior bloggers on music, books, film, popular culture, politics, and technology - updated continuously. en Copyright 2005-2007 by the authors Sat, 23 Feb 2008 17:57:24 EST http://backend.userland.com/rss Blogcritics.org custom software http://blogcritics.org/archives/2008/02/17/195149.php#comment-697547 yes we can genetically modify a unicellular organism to live longer. but that's a far cry from creating the same effect on higher eukaryotes, let alone humans. think of how cells must interact, form tissues, how tissues function in independent/dependent ways, etc. this subject isn't relevant enough to be seriously discussed in a non-sci-fi sense yet. 697547@blogcritics.org Sat, 23 Feb 2008 17:57:24 EST