2006-06-07 11:45:09 · 2 answers · asked by luis m 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Other - Science
Probably not. But if aging is indeed a matter of genetic errors from repeated replication, then nanobots might someday arrest the aging process by repairing telomeres. Telomeres are the "tags" on the ends of cellular DNA strands. Every time a cell replicates, a little bit of the telomere wears away. When the telomere is all gone the DNA strand starts to unravel, and replication errors begin to crop up. This is one proposed mechanism for aging, but it's not the only one and none of the theories have been proved yet.
2006-06-07 15:43:59 · answer #1 · answered by D'archangel 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Not unless the Nano bots found a way to access the 6th chromsome because that is the chromsome that controls aging.
2006-06-07 18:56:49 · answer #2 · answered by TheVitaminGeek 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋