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Biotech / Medical : Geron Corp.

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To: Steve Smith who wrote (114)	8/16/1997 10:49:00 AM
From: Chi-X	of 3578

Steve, GERON's research will be used to stop telomerase which is GOOD in cancer prevention. You didn't provide a complete quote. Here folks, is the actual quote with the NEXT paragraph which sounds very bullish on GERON. <<But telomerase has a dark side, too. In recent years scientists have found that about 90 percent of cancer cells have one thing in common: Telomerase has mysteriously become reactivated, allowing those cells to divide in a continuous and ultimately deadly frenzy. That suggests that researchers would have to be very cautious about testing a telomerase mimic as an anti-aging drug. But it also suggests that a drug capable of blocking telomerase might be a universal cancer drug, effective against virtually every kind of cancer and harmless to normal tissues, most of which lack telomerase anyway.>> So what they're saying is that it would be dangerous to use their research as an anti-aging drug to keep you looking younger, but it's GREAT as a fight against cancer. Read it for yourself at: search.washingtonpost.com Cheers, Chi-X has Spoken! CEO Chi International members.aol.com

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