eruborus

eruborus t1_jacq6h8 wrote

Reply to comment by CyanideandAsdfmovie in Humans are an invasive species. by Blackout523

Just because we haven't solved a problem yet doesn't mean it can't be solved!

Earth never guaranteed safety. At one point we could get hit by a meteor or the volcanoes could create another extinction event. Or we could cause some serious climate change. But if the past billion years tells you anything is that life finds a way to survive against monumental odds. Humans will prosper!

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eruborus t1_ja6l301 wrote

Reply to comment by CyanideandAsdfmovie in Humans are an invasive species. by Blackout523

This may be true but I would bet that the planet life adapts to change as it has with every extinction event.

Having said that we are probably only 1-200 years from a self sustaining off-world colony. 1000 years from interstellar travel. These timescales are miniscule to the planet. Exciting stuff!

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eruborus t1_ja63gzd wrote

Reply to comment by realEggs in Humans are an invasive species. by Blackout523

Cancer is unregulated growth. Life is growth in balance. There are clearly efforts we have to curb overpopulation and climate change. The efforts have debatable efficacy but things in the West have significantly improved in the past 100 years.

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eruborus t1_j9vrc1f wrote

Reply to comment by hippydog2 in Researchers have found that a Parkinson’s-linked mutation in a gene called Endophilin A1 blocks the process by which the body and the brain recycle cell waste. Without the process, autophagy, toxic debris builds up and neurons die. This discovery could change the focus of Parkinson's treatments. by QldBrainInst

It's research seeking to confirm a hypothesis. It needs to be replicated in mammalian cell line and then in an animal model. Drug development and clinical trials therafter. Bench to bedside in 15-20 years. Hard to say if is a breakthrough before that...ask the Alzheimers researchers.

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