X-Message-Number: 22953 Date: Fri, 28 Nov 2003 04:01:57 -0800 From: James Swayze <> Subject: Researchers Find First Heart Attack Gene [begin quoted] Researchers Find First Heart Attack Gene, Announcement of Discovery Nearly Causes Bioethicist Leon Kass to Suffer One [ok, I added that last bit but I bet he is sweating bullets] http://www.comcast.net/News/HEALTHWELLNESS//XML/1501_Science/eeae0366-4c9b-4cfd-a579-0861305e2032.html Thu Nov 27, 11:31 AM By PAUL RECER, AP Science Writer WASHINGTON - The first gene linked directly to heart attacks has been isolated from an extended Iowa family that has been plagued for generations with rampant coronary artery disease. The gene, called MEF2A, plays a role in protecting the artery walls from building up plaque that can impede blood flow and lead to heart attacks, said Dr. Eric J. Topol of the Cleveland Clinic, head of a team that discovered the gene. "This is the first heart attack gene," said Topol. "Everyone who has this gene mutation is destined to have the disease. If you don't have this gene in this family, you appear to free from developing this disease." [cont.] [end quoted] James -- Member: Cryonics Institute of Michigan http://www.cryonics.org The Immortalist Society http://www.cryonics.org/info.html The Society for Venturism http://www.venturist.org Immortality Institute http://www.imminst.org MY WEBSITE: http://www.davidpascal.com/swayze/ Signature Memetic Virus--The worst enemy of those who now or will need medical care is the uninformed politician or moral fanatic who proscribe what doctors are allowed to prescribe and research, with the consent of their patients. Those who understand this are strongly encouraged to modify this to fit their personality, and add this to their signature file, and organize to recover our freedom from Big Brother. For those who wait until they are sick, it will be too late. Those who suffer from diseases which might have been cured by advanced medical research or schedule 1 drugs banned by Big Brother, have the right to hold accountable those who sat on their hands or worse, deferred their responsibility for personal and humanity's survival to unseen mystical agents, while they remained ill and dying. Rate This Message: http://www.cryonet.org/cgi-bin/rate.cgi?msg=22953