I work with the professors who train them (who also have specialties and usually much narrower than people who work in the field). Generally there's a Eureka moment where a certain type of behaviour in, say, a cell is just fascinating to someone. I've been here longer than it would take to attain a degree so I've seen all kinds of fascinating things. But I imagine that if I was doing this as a degree, the first thing which really hit me between the eyes would have a chance of becoming my specialty.
From a personal point of view, mine would have been telomeres (the little caps which protect chromosomes). Lengthen those effectively and you not only start chipping away at many forms of cancer, you start increasing the lifespan of humans too.
Potentially, yes. It would have to be managed. If we keep increasing the number of people we introduce to this planet and we also make them all live longer, where is the resource to support them all coming from?
If we can control population, though, then I'd very much like for my loved ones to have the opportunity of living longer.
IIN to be perplexed as to why or how a Dr chooses his specialty?
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I work with the professors who train them (who also have specialties and usually much narrower than people who work in the field). Generally there's a Eureka moment where a certain type of behaviour in, say, a cell is just fascinating to someone. I've been here longer than it would take to attain a degree so I've seen all kinds of fascinating things. But I imagine that if I was doing this as a degree, the first thing which really hit me between the eyes would have a chance of becoming my specialty.
From a personal point of view, mine would have been telomeres (the little caps which protect chromosomes). Lengthen those effectively and you not only start chipping away at many forms of cancer, you start increasing the lifespan of humans too.
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Don't you think it would be disastrous to increase our lifespan? I sure do!!
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Potentially, yes. It would have to be managed. If we keep increasing the number of people we introduce to this planet and we also make them all live longer, where is the resource to support them all coming from?
If we can control population, though, then I'd very much like for my loved ones to have the opportunity of living longer.