dear Greg,
your telomere- and telomerase-story is sth. very new for me.
Although I have known the correlation of age and the length of telomeres.
I once read, that to solve the problem of telomeres becoming shorter by age,
it could mean to make immortality possible (mankind's dream, not a good idea)
How did it occur to your docs to examine your telomeres? And how did they find your special mutation?
Is this part of the normal cytogenetic analysis?
I am very curious to get to know about the effectiveness of Danozol in this case. Testosteron, mhh, does this fit also for women?
I support your positive sight - in fact I am too pessimistic from time to time -
keep us informed,
Bergit
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female, 54, MDS-RCMD, trisomy 8, dx 2006, response to EPO and therafter VPA only for a couple of months, transfusion-dependent twice a month, watch&wait for SCT somewhen in the future with my brother as a donor
