Showing posts with label men. Show all posts
Showing posts with label men. Show all posts

Saturday, February 22, 2014

Reproductive errors

The highest level they found was 1 in 6000 sperm in one man – but any couple could have a child with Apert syndrome. It just comes down to how the genetic dice fall. "Every now and then you are going to have a dad who is unlucky," says Wilkie.-link

Luck, especially one involving such high odds and such bad outcome, shouldn't play a role in the generation of new citizens. Sequencing should occur to ensure only healthy embryos are implanted and go through development.

Monday, February 3, 2014

chocolate...


It is rare for men to make it to centenarian rarer still to supercentenarian(110+), here we see that one of the foods consumed was chocolate. Which reminds of Jeanne Calment who also consumed chocolate. UPDATE: Some sources claim it is possible the age may be off by 10 years which would give 100+ rather than 110+, still impressive but not as impressive.