I just heard Bev Crusher say that in BOBW p2. So--removing implants reverses all that? DNA just snaps back to normal without some directed intervention? I don't buy it.
I always got the feeling that simple removal of the implants is supposed to eventually reverse the process, coupled with ST 24th century medical care--but down to the DNA level? The nanoprobes would not function in that direction--they have no reason to and would never have been designed to, so they won't simply reverse. They'll stop no doubt without the Collective signal, but reverse? Doubtful.
DNA requires precise lock-and-key enzymatic intervention to replicate and to transcript to mRNA. Neither damage to DNA nor its protein-making results are going to reverse without direct, active intervention of some kind, whether it's complex enzymatic manipulation or some sort of mimicry of that effect through EM waves or micromachines.
Do we assume Crusher tailored transductor viruses to reverse the damage? She has made transductors--but can she recreate a specific person's genome when she can't even cure a cold that way without disaster? (Genesis). Of course the magical transporter can heal it all, can't it? But they never mention that, or viral transductors.
I wish I hadn't re-heard that. Rewritten DNA isn't just going to go back to what it was. Normal old age alone is damage our DNA repair systems can't cope with. Borg nanoprobe fuckery? We'd be dead, probably, in any intermediate state.
Oh, and too bad we didn't get more Commander Shelby. I liked her, loved how she and Frakes sparred--that was well done, very good acting from both of them--and, well, thought she was hot in a very classical sort of way. Those exquisite cheek bones! Castle maiden and shieldmaiden combined.
She should have been back for DS9 a couple of times at least. Oh well.
Of course time moves on, but she's only 3 years older than I am, so Elisabeth if you're there, how about a drink or two sometime? I love this recent pic:
I always got the feeling that simple removal of the implants is supposed to eventually reverse the process, coupled with ST 24th century medical care--but down to the DNA level? The nanoprobes would not function in that direction--they have no reason to and would never have been designed to, so they won't simply reverse. They'll stop no doubt without the Collective signal, but reverse? Doubtful.
DNA requires precise lock-and-key enzymatic intervention to replicate and to transcript to mRNA. Neither damage to DNA nor its protein-making results are going to reverse without direct, active intervention of some kind, whether it's complex enzymatic manipulation or some sort of mimicry of that effect through EM waves or micromachines.
Do we assume Crusher tailored transductor viruses to reverse the damage? She has made transductors--but can she recreate a specific person's genome when she can't even cure a cold that way without disaster? (Genesis). Of course the magical transporter can heal it all, can't it? But they never mention that, or viral transductors.
I wish I hadn't re-heard that. Rewritten DNA isn't just going to go back to what it was. Normal old age alone is damage our DNA repair systems can't cope with. Borg nanoprobe fuckery? We'd be dead, probably, in any intermediate state.
Oh, and too bad we didn't get more Commander Shelby. I liked her, loved how she and Frakes sparred--that was well done, very good acting from both of them--and, well, thought she was hot in a very classical sort of way. Those exquisite cheek bones! Castle maiden and shieldmaiden combined.
She should have been back for DS9 a couple of times at least. Oh well.
Of course time moves on, but she's only 3 years older than I am, so Elisabeth if you're there, how about a drink or two sometime? I love this recent pic:
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