Fwd: RE: nematodes

[M Nivas <motnivas@YAHOO.COM>]

--- M Nivas <motnivas@yahoo.com> wrote:

> Date: Sun, 3 Mar 2002 09:54:31 -0800 (PST)

> From: M Nivas <motnivas@yahoo.com>

> Subject: RE: nematodes

> To: Jim Muckerheide <jmuckerheide@cnts.wpi.edu>

> 

> Hi Jim,  Good to correspond,

> 

> The point that I was trying to make is two fold.

> 

> 1. There is a protective mechanism that we have

> (humans and every other living organism) to respond

> to

> chemical, biological, radioactive insult - the heat

> shock response is well documented, and it is not

> only

> due to heat(other insults can also induce this

> response). Of course this reponse is good within a

> limited range, ie. if someone gets a fever of 107 F

> there is going to be some damage. Therefore

> hormesis.

> 

> 2. I also would also like to highlight the lack of

> scientific knowledge we currently have - C. elegans

> lives longer if one removes germ cell lineage.  This

> is also true of octopus. - the point being that

> removal of the germ cells is a type of insult in

> which

> the organism responds to the best of its ability -

> not

> knowing that it is sterile - but increases its

> lifespan to live long enough to (stupidly) the

> chance

> of breeding. Surivel of the fittest or a mechanism

> which is illadopted to the challenge.

> 

> I hope this helps and thanks for the question - Tom

> 

> 

> --- Jim Muckerheide <jmuckerheide@cnts.wpi.edu>

> wrote:

> > Tom, ??  Why do you think something would

> "support"

> > hormesis in this abstract? There's not even a

> > journal/title to find the paper. :-( 

> > 

> > I don't understand the point you are making. Can

> you

> > explain? Is there anything in the full paper about

> > response to stressors affecting proliferating

> > germ-line stem cells, or transcription regulator,

> > or?

> > 

> > Perhaps the following papers will help to clarify

> > the response for you. I don't have access to this

> > journal. We will review the papers when we can get

> > them. If anyone has access to this journal, I

> would

> > very much appreciate these papers. 

> > 

> > Regards, Jim

> > =============





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