More Time, In Time
Not too long ago I saw a preview for the new Justin Timberlake movie, In Time, and it reminded me of an article I read in Scientific American about Nobel Prize winner Elizabeth Blackburn and her research into telomeres and their relationship to aging. Now, I haven't seen the movie, so I can't comment on any aspect of it, but I found the interview with Elizabeth Blackburn to be a fascinating look into possibilities. Not only are there the immediately exciting ideas like slowing down aging or reducing the risk of many diseases we all face in old age, there were presented ideas more similar to…