The Duck And The Dog

Here's a little quacker who knows who she likes and isn't afraid to show her devotion. Perhaps animals are here to teach us something.

Here's a little quacker who knows who she likes and loves to show it!

If I Didn't Have Dogs

I could walk around the yard barefoot in safety.
My house could be carpeted instead of tiled and laminated.
All flat surfaces, clothing, furniture, and cars would be free of hair.
When the doorbell rings, it wouldn't sound like a kennel.



When the doorbell rings, I could get to the door
without wading through fuzzy bodies who beat me there.
I could sit on the couch and my bed the way I wanted,
without taking into consideration how much space
several fur bodies would need to get comfortable.
I would have money ....and no guilt to go on a real vacation.
I would not be on a first-name basis with 6 veterinarians, as I put their
yet unborn grand-kids through college.



The most used words in my vocabulary would not be:
out, sit, down, come, no, stay, and leave him/her/it ALONE.
My house would not be cordoned off into zones with baby gates or barriers.
My house would not look like a day care center, toys everywhere.
My pockets would not contain things like poop bags, treats and an extra leash.



I would no longer have to Spell the words B-A-L-L,
F-R-I-S-B-E- E, W-A-L-K, T-R-E-A-T, B-I-K-E, G-O, R-I-D-E
I would not have as many leaves INSIDE my house as outside.
I would not look strangely at people who think
having ONE dog/cat ties them down too much.
I'd look forward to spring and the rainy season instead of dreading "mud" season.



I would not have to answer the question "Why do you have so many animals?"
from people who will never have the joy in their lives of knowing they are loved unconditionally by someone as close to an angel as they will ever get.

How EMPTY my life would be!

Pet Safety This Fourth Of July

Keep your pets safe this Fourth Of July!

When my niece Lisa was 8 years old, she attended a family picnic on the Fourth Of July. Everyone was having the time of their life, eating, drinking, relaxing, playing. And then the fireworks began.

Everyone oohed and aahed at the display. Except Otis, Lisa's uncle's mixed breed. Otis was getting upset at all the noises. Then came a loud "BANG", Otis barked, then bit the closest thing to him, Lisa's face.

Lisa was hysterical. Her mother wanted Otis to be put down. It was quite an unhappy ending.

Let's keep holidays festive and safe. Your pet has no idea what is going on. My Fritzl gets upset at thunder. He barks, shivers, then hides under the bed. I can imagine how confused and frightened poor Otis was.

To make a long story short, Lisa needed to have a series of plastic surgeries and scar revisions. Today, her face shows no history of the accident.

And Otis lived another six natural years of a happy life.

I have heard countless stories where there was much worse trauma. Missing fingers, eye enucleation, blindness, on both people and pets. And worse.

Here's some valuable articles on keeping your family, that includes your pets, safe and healthy during the festivals.

ASPCA: News Alert: June 29, 2007

Time To Celebrate! Chicago's Basic ThetaHealing DNA2 Class

Time to celebrate!

I'm excited to announce that I'm offering my Basic ThetaHealing™ DNA2 class again in Chicago this March.

Come see for yourself how learning this simple technique will expand your light body as you activate your DNA and learn how to activate others.

And that is just the tip of the iceberg!

You will learn so many amazing healing techniques and immediately begin using them on your self and loved ones. Isn't that something to celebrate?

In just three days you will experience and know secrets that will change your life forever.

Now that's something to cheer about.

My passion for teaching ThetaHealing™ is so strong that I will assist you to become proficient with personal follow up practice ThetaHealing™ sessions on a regular basis.

Don't be left out in the cold.

Let me be your personal healing coach!

Read about the Basic Theta Healing Class
http://sunhealer.wordpress.com/2007/09/03/thetahealing-dna-2-class

Read more about Chicago's Basic Theta Healing Class
http://sunhealer.wordpress.com/2007/08/30/chicagos-thetahealing-dna2-class

Dates: March 7-9, 2008
Times: 9:30 AM to 5:00 PM
Location: 4950 N. Ashland Ave. 60640
Cost: $396.00 prepaid by March 3rd, or $440.00 at the door.
Previous course graduates ALWAYS welcome-$200.00
Includes free ThetaHealing book, workbook, and email support.

Contact: margaretloris@earthlink.net

To reserve a seat simply send your $100.00 deposit to:

Margaret Loris
2210 W. Wilson Ave,
Chicago, 60625

Or you can easily pay through Paypal. Send your $100.00 deposit to my account at margaretloris@earthlink.net

If you are interested in learning more about DNA ThetaHealing or hosting a class in your area please contact me: margaretloris@earthlink.net

ThetaHealing™ originated by Vianna Stibal.
Thank you Vianna!

Vianna Stibal and Margaret Loris

Margaret has been chosen Energy Healing Expert for SelfGrowth,
the biggest self help portal on the Internet, rated #1 by Yahoo and Google.
http://www.selfgrowth.com/experts/margaret_loris.html

Watch Margaret's Energy Healing Expert video interview with Dr. Ron Larscher DC. FACO, DIACA
mms://68.251.204.5/video/intimetv/itc008.wmv

2008 Resolutions

To assist, to heal, to protect, to save.

To uplift, to evolve.

To understand, to transform, to transcend.

To love. To cherish.

To reunite. To remember.

And know that we are One.

Save These Cats

Would you kill these cats?

Alley Cat Allies

Who is responsible? The vast majority of these cats are not killed by cruel individuals. They are killed because of an antiquated animal control system.

Feral cats are not socialized to humans. They are not candidates for adoption into homes. To put them into an animal control system is to hand these animals a death sentence.

A recent Alley Cat Allies national survey conducted by Harris Group reveals that an overwhelming majority of Americans — 81% — believes that leaving a stray cat outside to live out his life is more humane than having the cat caught and killed. And despite the public’s humane ethic, feral and stray cats are still being killed because of the operating policies of most U.S. animal pounds and shelters.

Alley Cat Allies

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SnJCYApTrww




BlogThis!

High Five

I want to thank all of you that sent your miraculous healing love energy to Fritzl and me.

We just returned from the vet cardiologist and Fritzl's heart has already gotten a little smaller and his medications are adjusted in lower doses.

Great work everyone! And our abounding gratitude to you.

Love
Margaret And Fritzl

"A Good Day" With Brother David Steindl-Rast

Here is an excellent video to start your day!
YouTube - "A Good Day" With Brother David Steindl-Rast

Animal Companion Kidnapping

Margaret Loris RN MS

www.sunhealer.com

Did I say kidnapping? Yes. Animal companions are children to many of us. And when they are stolen from us, the pain and heartbreak we incur is equal to the kidnapping of an infant or child.

Let me explain by telling you my story and what I did to recover my beloved miniature dachshund, Fritzl. These are some important facts to know and share.

After a sudden and traumatic hospitalization, my father passed January 9th, 2005. His burial was on January 11th. My grief and shock of his transition was profound. I was so happy to have my Fritzl to comfort me during my grief. He is my best friend.

Two days after my father’s funeral, I came home from swimming to find that someone had broken in my home and had stolen Fritzl. I can’t begin to describe my extreme heartache, suffering, and anger. Who could do this to me at this time in my life? Why now? Why me?

It was a bitter cold day in Chicago and the dognapper took Fritzl’s bomber jacket, dry food and some money. I had suspicion as to who would be so cruel to do this.

I called the police to report the crime. Unfortunately, pet theft is considered the same as stealing a lawn mower to the Chicago police. And unless I saw the break in and theft, they could do nothing.

In my grief, fear and worry, I quickly ran to my computer and began typing a missing pet flyer. How can I begin to describe how much Fritzl means to me? How can I allure someone to tell me where he is and get him back. This is what I learned.

During our walks in the neighborhood, I would always see notices hung looking for or finding lost pets. I could read the panic in the owner’s words and would quickly send a prayer to them. Very few of the signs could hold my consideration. I decided I would construct my flyer to attract more attention to my painful loss.

How can I get people interested and active? What word would grab a person long enough to stop, read, and remember to help Fritzl and me?

“REWARD!”

Next I thought how much would I pay to get Fritzl home? How can you place a dollar amount on the one you love? What would I sacrifice to have him returned to me quickly. I feared that the longer he was gone, the less chance I had of getting him back. After giving it great thought, I decided I would begin with offering $1000.00 for Fritzl’s return or the information that leads to his return. It was worth it to me.

Searching for a picture of Fritzl, I selected one that showed his sweetness, gentleness, harmlessness, and how much I loved him. Oh, how I wanted him back!

I wrote his description, weight, hair color, and breed and included my contact information.

I printed 100 color copies to be sure to attract enormous attention and set out to post them.

I placed one on every store window, all the parking signs, every pole and tree I saw. The weather was so bitter cold I could barely get the tape to stick to the metal posts. It was below freezing outside.

I ran to my neighborhood pet store and gave the owner copies to distribute too. Everyone I knew was placed on Amber alert for poor Fritzl.

As I returned home, I noticed that the flyers that I had just hung by a huge apartment building were ripped off near the park where I walk Fritzl. My intuition told me I was on the right track and someone who had Fritzl lived nearby.

I ran home, grabbed a pen and some envelopes so I could mail everyone that lived in the building a reward flyer. Perhaps someone could inform me to where he was.

It was quickly growing dark, and with a new pile of posters in my cold hands, I returned to replace the torn down posters. As I turned the corner I saw a woman closing her building door. I watched her bend down- and there was FRITZL!!!

My heart began beating so rapidly I could hear it pound in my throat. I wanted to be silent so the woman wouldn’t run back into her building and lock me out. She began taking Fritzl for a walk and I started moving faster to catch up with her.

Fritzl stopped to raise his leg, then turned his head, saw me, and ran towards me. I quickly picked him up and held on tight. The thief began fighting with me, punching me, stepping on my toes, and grabbing my coat. I pulled off my coat so she could have it as I held onto Fritzl and ran off. Another woman who witnessed the scene began screaming at her, picked up my coat and returned it to me. She then called 911.

To make a long story short, I was so exhausted from my father’s illness, death, then Fritzl’s kidnapping, that I didn’t return to remove the posters for several days. I spent the time basking in Fritzl love and spending all my time with him. And I feared that if I left him alone, he would be gone when I returned.

When I did summon enough courage to begin venturing outside, people from all over the neighborhood asked me about Fritzl. They said they read my beautiful flyers and were sending me their best wishes, praying for me, and that they began consciously walking around the neighborhood looking for him. This lasted for weeks.

Their feedback on my posters told me this. People pay attention and take notice when a huge reward is offered for a missing pet. My reward of $1,000.00 was most eye catching. and printing with colored ink meant I was serious. My love for Fritzl was felt in my posters and instilled in them a love for him also. They heard and answered my cry for help.

Please, if this tragedy ever happens to you or someone you know, get your neighbors involved by exciting their emotions. Visually and financially display your love for your pet companion and how much they mean to you. This works!!

REWARD!
$1,000.00

For the return or information leading to the return of Fritzl Loris

Last seen Lincoln and Wilson Avenues.

Male miniature dachshund
Color reddish brown
Weight 15 pounds

Contact Margaret Loris 773-275-1810

Tom Waits - Last Rose of Summer

YouTube - Tom Waits - Last Rose of Summer

Animals At Play

Play, Spirit, and Character | SoundSeen: Animals at Play with Stuart Brown and Norbert Rosing [Speaking of Faith� from American Public Media]

Ode to Our Companion Animals

Ode to Our Companion Animals

Have you ever felt afraid, hurt, anxious, or lonely?

Did you ever feel you were alone in the world?

That no one could understand you.

There was no one to help you.

And even if there was, you were so badly hurt that your voice could not even ask for help.

That you felt so much pain that you were afraid to cry.

Because the tears might just never stop.

And then, from nowhere, you get the best gift in the universe.

An animal, no matter what kind, comes ever so gently to comfort you.

With the tenderness of his closeness, you are touched in a manner that you have never been touched before.

And you realize that this animal has the knowingness of a thousand gods.

Infusing you is the purest, finest and sweetest unconditional love that you have felt in your life.

You feel safe, protected.

And no matter how big you are,
Or how strong you are,
Or how brave you are,

You begin to melt.

And no matter how much you resist, the deepest longing in your heart tells you to let go.

To sink down even further.

And soften.

Then let go even deeper.

For you have found what the ancients speak of.
What the poets write of.
What the angels sing of.

You have made communion with the kingdom of animals.

In the language of silence, for words can never express this,

Your heart extends its deepest gratitude.

Dog Day Afternoon

Still enjoying the Dog Days Of Summer? We are!

Love
Margaret and Fritzl

Whales, Dolphins and Chakras - Lemurian Returns

For a great meditation video click here:

YouTube - Whales, Dolphins and Chakras - Lemurian Returns

Interspecies Love: Owen and Mzee Part 2

Only the heart can see.

This is the second video of Owen and Mzee that I want to share with you.

If you haven't seen it already, take a minute and watch 2 best inseparable friends in action.

YouTube - Owen and Mzee Part 2

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7LgGmKkkn34

ThetaHealing DNA2 Class

ThetaHealing DNA 2 Class
(Original founder Vianna Stibal)

Greetings! I welcome you to discover the exciting world of ThetaHealing™. It’s wonderful to see you explore your path and embark on the journey of your life. I honor you for your enthusiasm and know that by taking this class your world is about to open and expand in a wondrous way.

Some People Are Just Starting To Wonder Why…

Their Dream Life Was Always Going To Be...

Just A Pipedream.

And ALL The Changes They Hunger For...

Will Never Be Satiated.

Are you searching for the Divine state where there are no limits and you can have, do, or be, anything you can imagine?

Are you ready for an extraordinary life?

This won't be for everybody. But if you feel inspired to get this right now, then expect your life to blast into orbit and the results to dazzle and confuse everyone -- including you."

You're about to discover VERY powerful information, known by VERY few people. And seriously, if you are easily shocked, this may not be for you.

However if you have the courage to take control of your life, if you are open to new ideas, new possibilities, a new future ... keep reading.

It's time to learn about ThetaHealing and how it can change your life.

Imagine if you could program yourself to actually HEAL your mind and body?

Sound incredible? This is just the tip of the iceberg.

Imagine if you could find inspired answers to all your problems.

Or attract a NEW romantic partner-even your SOUL MATE!

Well, you may be somewhat stunned to learn that all of this is now possible . Plus MUCH more!

This was an in-house secret.

Until now.

ENERGY LIKE YOU NEVER FELT BEFORE

I wish I could convey in words the overwhelming Divine Power of a ThetaHealing DNA2 Class weekend.

We move in a non-stop moment-by-moment state of exhilaration.

If you're ready to go beyond what you think you know about manifesting your own reality, consider investing in the weekend that changed lives.

The investment is small.

The potential for change is colossal.

And consider --

Where do you turn when you realize you haven't been getting all of your intentions?

What happens when you realize you haven't been in control of every aspect of your entire life?

What would your life be like when you realize there is a better way to live -- and you never knew what it was until now?

And finally, what's better than all of the things you want for yourself?

Imagine if you could find inspired answers to all your problems...

... or attract a NEW romantic partner.

Get all of the answers, and much more, in my ThetaHealing DNA2 Class.
There's not much else to say, except --

Expect Miracles.

What Really Works in Healing Your Own Reality?

In the search for help and resolve from physical or emotional pain, the quest can seem long, tedious and never ending.

If you've been looking for help and answers for years, or this is the first time you've been faced with a certain challenge, you will find your answers.

If you're skeptical, don't bother to read this right now.

But if you're open minded, then brace yourself for some goose bumps..

Are you ready to embark on the journey of your life time?

Are you willing to learn how to turbocharge your ability to heal and bring it up to the next level?

This class will bring you to a higher levels of experience and understanding of your abilities and gifts as an evolved individual.

This class is for people who want more, and are ready for more.

This class is for people who are ready to learn how to accelerate their ability to manifest.

This class is for people who are ready to go beyond what they knew or thought they knew.

This class is for people who want to to let go of what didn't work in order to learn what does work.

This class is for people who want to create the life they have always dreamed.

So… what dream life will you create?

Here Are Some Highlights Of What Will Be Covered

Day 1:
The DNA Story
What Is The Theta State?
Instantly Accessing Theta
Strengthen Your Electromagnetic Energy Field
Awaken Your Intuitive And Visualization Senses
The Healing Technique
Look Inside The Human Body And Witness Healing
How To Do Self Healings
How To Do Group Healings
Muscle Testing Methods
Learn How The Beliefs Held On Four Levels (Core, Genetic, History & Soul) Affect Your Health And Everyday Life.

Day 2:
Learn How To Pull, Change, And Replace Your Non-Serving Core Beliefs On All These Four Levels.
Learn Gene Replacement
DNA Activation
Youth And Vitality Activation
Activate The Mitochondria That Fuels Your DNA
Fountain Of Youth Genetic Programming
Future Psychic Reading

Day 3:
Guardian Angels
Soul Mates
Manifesting
Kahuna Magic
Learn How To Shift Energy In Your Environment
The Seven Working Planes Of Existence
Learn How To Remove Negative Energy
Learn How To Use ThetaHealing To Help Your Spiritual/Mental/Physical Health and Well-Being.
Dealing With Death
And Learn So Much More...

Come and learn how to:
Reclaim Your Energy And Personal Power.
Feel Younger As Your Energy Levels Increase.
Experience Quickened Capacity For Self Healing.
Unleash Instantaneous Manifestations.

You haven't come across this before. What you're about to learn are breakthrough healing techniques that you won’t find anywhere else. Not online, not in bookstores, not in any university.

ThetaHealing is simple to follow, easy to learn, and you don't need any special skills to begin your healing. All you need is willingness to learn. It's as easy as following step-by-step directions.

As a matter of fact, it's so easy a 10 year old child can do this.

Follow the steps and, voila! You start experiencing results. Plus you'll personally enjoy all the major benefits of ThetaHealing.

We Are All Healers

Do you now that:
* Healership isn’t defined by a title; we all heal.
* We all have the potential to become remarkable healers, once we believe it is possible.
* To get to remarkable we all have things to learn, regardless of our natural gifts.
* As we become better healers we raise the planet’s vibrations.
* Healership is our birthright.
*We all have the opportunity to make a difference in the world as a healer.

Say Goodbye to Feeling Stuck or Unhappy All the Time

It's time to live the life you always dreamed.

Learn how to put an end to worry, dealing with stresses, and all the other things that make your life miserable.

Finally taste the success of a healthy, happy, and prosperous human being!

How Is This ThetaHealing Class Different?

There are thousands of classes on healing and many are excellent. I’ve read and studied many of them over the last 30 years. This class is different in at least four specific ways, and each of them benefits you.

1. Thetahealing is practical. There are other practical healing skills, but none are practical for everyone regardless of their experience level. This class will unleash the remarkable healer within you.

2. Thetahealing is inspirational. I believe that you can be a remarkable healer. This class is given from this belief.

3. Thetahealing gives you a plan. I know you are busy, and I know you don’t have a week to close your door and build a plan to be a better healer – you have work to do!

4. ThetaHealing is more than a book. Vianna Stibal, originator, knows what it takes to be a remarkable healer and shares her secrets, tips, and examples in this compelling and enjoyable book. Each chapter gives outstanding healing secrets. Any one of these might be the specific tool or technique that you need to transform your life to the next level.

ThetaHealing is elegant, powerful, and actionable.

I love that ThetaHealing zooms in on the healership practices that can supercharge your life in only three days. Anyone can be a great healer by following this guidance.

How Will You Benefit?

Using the materials (both in the class, book and beyond) you will benefit in hundreds of ways. This class can make a difference for you and all those you heal.

With the help of ThetaHealing you will be able to:
Improve your psychic abilities
Reach the Theta healing state in seconds
Perform instant healings
Turbocharge your healing power
Strengthen your relationship with the Creator
Communicate with guides and angels
Change your core beliefs that imprison you
Replace genes
And I could go on and on and on...

You Too Can Reap The Massive Benefits

And know how to keep tipping the scale more and more in your favor as you continue to heal using these incredible techniques.

I must admit, it's been a thrilling ride so far. The transformations that occurred have led me to having tons of great times and meeting the most wonderful people.

Now it's your turn!

My teachings are offered in the vibration of love bringing you into higher levels of experiences. I assist you as you generate a greater understanding of your abilities and gifts as an evolved individual.

Through this class you will learn and understand how to apply the information presented immediately within your life. The best part about taking this class is that you can easily implement these teachings on your family and friends. That’s fantastic!

This class is so easy you will be amazed at its simplicity yet overwhelmed by its POWER.

Even a monkey can do it!

Come Play With Me As You Create Your Life As What YOU Want It To Be...

And Have Fun Doing It!

THE SEMINAR IS 75% HANDS ON

Includes free ThetaHealing book, workbook, and email support.

If you are interested in learning more about ThetaHealing DNA2 or hosting a class n our area please contact me: margaretloris@earthlink.net

Margaret Loris RN MS, DNA Lehrer, Kristall Heiler, heilend Langstrecke, registreit Krankenschwester, and certified DNA teacher, is a gifted healer with an international following. She is a Kristall Heiler and Theta-Heiler. She travels all over the world presenting seminars and workshops on DNA Orion Theta healing techniques; DNA heilendes Seminar, Heilendes Kristallseminar, und Internationale Seminare. Margaret has a special interest in healing pets and is a frequently published author on this topic. Margaret’s love for all the kingdoms includes her crystal healings and courses. Check her international workshop schedule: www.sunhealer.com and email her at sunhealer@earthlink.net.

A MidSummer Night's Dream

Margaret's Message

Hello My Dear Friends!

The summer is coming slowly to an end. Are you catching up on your rest?

Are you still dreaming of a new and better life?

Are your dreams becoming realized?

Just look at how many beings are present to help you.

And that also includes me.

Come visit me at www.sunhealer.com and take a long look at my healing articles, meditations, and ThetaHealing information.

Ooops! Fritzl says he loves you too!

Oscar the Cat Predicts Patients' Deaths

You all know how much I love animals... but if Oscar the cat got a little too cozy with me I think I would panic.

You see Oscar has an uncanny ability to know when someone is dying.

Oscar lives in a senior home and will climb into a person's bed and cuddles up with them during their last days and gives them comfort in their transition.

I wonder if he makes house calls?

Read about Oscar here:
Oscar the Cat Predicts Patients' Deaths - Apple - Top News

Immortal Cells: Telomeres

Telomeres

Join Me As You Learn DNA ThetaHealing.

And Reprogram Your Fountain Of Youth Genes!

"Telomeres are now known to be the clock of cell aging," says Harley. "Telomerase is the enzyme that can rewind the clock. It gives us a way to restore an increased life span, a youthful life span, to aging cells."


Taken from the Discovery article (no longer available on line),
http://www.discover.com/june_99/immortal.html
Immortal Cells
Is this the end of facial wrinkles and aging arteries that clog?

by Shanti Menon
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The clusters of human skin cells basking in a sterile incubator, with alarms poised to go off if the level of carbon dioxide drops or the temperature wavers from 98.6 degrees, appear to be blessed with eternal youth. Under normal circumstances, skin cells divide about 50 to 70 times and then quickly wither and stop dividing. But after nearly two years in a laboratory at Geron, a Menlo Park, California, biotech company, these genetically altered cells are approaching 400 divisions and still show no signs of aging. They just keep multiplying.

Until now, endlessly multiplying cells indicated one thing: cancer. But Geron biochemist Cal Harley and cell biologist Jerry Shay, who has the same type of lab setup at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center in Dallas, say the remarkably youthful skin cells remain cancer-free. Moreover, Harley and Shay hope their success in prolonging the life span of these individual cells in the lab could eventually pave the way for more people to lead healthy and productive lives up to the age of 120. "One of the driving forces for trying to immortalize normal cells is that we may be able to treat or prevent the onset of certain diseases where cell aging plays a key role," says Harley.
Human retinal cells (top) show their age when they make beta-galactosidase, an enzyme marked here with a blue stain. Corresponding cells (bottom), genetically engineered to produce the enzyme telomerase, stay young and healthy.
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Image courtesy Geron Corporation

He and Shay discovered their cellular fountain of youth when a strand of DNA they inserted into a skin cell prompted the production of telomerase, an enzyme naturally found in very young embryonic cells. Telomerase restores bits of DNA, called telomeres, which cap the ends of chromosomes and keep them from unraveling. Every time a cell divides, its telomeres get shorter, like the burning wick on a candle. When telomeres get down to a critical length, a cell will simply stop dividing. "Telomeres are now known to be the clock of cell aging," says Harley. "Telomerase is the enzyme that can rewind the clock. It gives us a way to restore an increased life span, a youthful life span, to aging cells."

Young cells help keep skin smooth and supple by secreting collagen and elastin, proteins that manufacturers often add to creams and lotions. But when the cells stop dividing, they produce less of these proteins; some make an enzyme that breaks down collagen. As a result, old skin starts looking thin and wrinkled. When cells Harley and Shay had altered began producing telomerase, the effect was remarkable. "Within a few doublings, the telomeres in those cells started to grow, in some cases quite dramatically," says Harley. With their lengthened telomeres, the rejuvenated skin cells also continued to churn out high levels of youthful proteins.

In theory, a skin graft using immortalized cells could replace tough old skin with soft, healthy young skin. A less drastic approach might be to coax skin cells to activate their existing, but dormant, telomerase genes. "It’s a natural gene that’s in every cell but is turned off," says Harley. "You could try to deliver a telomerase activator in a cream," he suggests. "It would penetrate the skin, get into the cells, and keep them from aging."

Harley and Shay hope the beauty of telomerase turns out to be more than skin-deep. One of the most promising potential uses of the enzyme is to treat atherosclerosis, the scarring that blocks arteries. Clusters of eternally youthful endothelial cells, from the protective lining in arteries, are thriving in the Geron lab. These days, when someone undergoes angioplasty to scrape out gunk from clogged arteries, the endothelial lining gets scraped out, too. "Older patients, because of the aging of their endothelial cells, have a reduced ability to heal the wound," says Harley. "If we can deliver rejuvenated endothelial cells, using the same type of balloon catheter that cleans out the vessels, we think we can achieve a permanent solution to the problem."

Harley and Shay are currently working with just a few cell types, but the list of degenerative diseases they eventually plan to target is extensive. In some types of late-onset diabetes, for example, people don’t have enough insulin-making pancreatic islet cells. "What if we could go in with a fine needle, take out one pancreatic islet cell, and introduce telomerase into that cell?" says Shay. "We’d give the person back their own islet cells as if they were from a 20-year-old." Similar procedures could regenerate skin for burn patients, immune cells for people with HIV, retinal cells for blind people, or muscle cells to combat muscular dystrophy. "This is a very potent direction to pursue," says Shay.

Testing these techniques in humans is still a long way off, however. Identifying the best means of triggering a cell to produce telomerase is the first step. Harley and Shay have already had some success engineering viruses to carry telomerase genes, instead of harmful viral genes, into cells. This works fairly well in a petri dish, but when a virus enters a living person, it has to sneak past the body’s defenses to deliver the goods.

Another means of delivery could be to encase telomerase genes in sacs of fatty molecules called liposomes. These tiny sacs fuse with the cells they contact and regurgitate their contents into the cell. "It’s like a tiny bubble fusing into a big bubble," Harley says. Because he has yet to perfect these methods, he’s reluctant to speculate about when people will be able to get telomerase therapy: "I can say we’d be extremely disappointed if it wasn’t in our lifetime."

For the time being, the specter of cancer still hangs over telomerase research. Nearly every type of human cancer cell, instead of aging or dying when its telomeres get short, switches on the gene for telomerase and continues to divide. "We have what appears to be a paradox," says Shay. "Telomerase is on in all cancer cells, yet when we introduce telomerase into normal cells they live forever and there’s no cancer. How do I explain it? Think of the cancer cell as a runaway car. This car has got an accelerator stuck to the floor, your brakes don’t work, the steering wheel comes off, and you’ve got fuel in the gas tank. Think of telomerase as the fuel. We’re born with a full tank of gas. As we age we use up that fuel, and when we’re old we run out of fuel and the car stops moving. Introducing telomerase keeps that car rolling, but it’s not a cancer cell because we’ve still got normal brakes, a fine accelerator, and a steering wheel that works. Just adding telomerase in the absence of other mutations is not going to lead to cancer. If we introduce telomerase into every cell in our bodies, then it very well may be that a few cells have all the other predisposing mutations, and all they lack to be a cancer cell may be turning on telomerase. Therefore it may be permissive for cancer, but it doesn’t cause cancer."

The possibility that telomerase could give an abnormal, mutated cell just the kick it needs to become cancerous means that controlling the effects of any therapy will be critical. "We want to be able to regulate telomerase, to turn it off if need be," says Harley. In the meantime, nearly every type of human cancer cell produces lots of telomerase, which means it could serve as a marker for early detection in people who don’t show obvious symptoms. Bladder cancer, for instance, doesn’t announce itself until blood is found in urine, which is relatively late in the progression of the disease. "It’s been shown that you can detect telomerase by looking at cells in the urine," says Shay. "We might, as part of a checkup, get screened for telomerase."

Ironically, learning how to turn telomerase off may lead to more immediate health advances than knowing how to turn it on. The most urgent task facing Harley and Shay is to develop telomerase inhibitors, molecules that bind to the enzyme and could cause cancer cells to stop replicating. Because of their delayed effect, Shay thinks these inhibitors would be most effective in preventing the deadly relapses that so often occur after standard treatments like chemotherapy and radiation. "All these techniques wind up killing 99.9 percent of cancer cells," he explains, "but if one cell escapes and it keeps dividing, two to five years later it’s going to come back, and it may be resistant to any future treatment. We’re proposing that after surgery, after chemo or radiation, if we now add a telomerase inhibitor for a six-month period, we may prevent or delay that relapse. I think that’s a very exciting possibility."

Harley and Shay both insist that their ultimate concern is the quality of human life, not longevity. "What’s important is not that we live longer but that we have healthier aging," Shay says. "A well-known physician named Ernest Wydner once said that the function of medicine should be to have people die young as late as possible. That’s the concept that drives my way of thinking."

Posted 5/24/1999



Margaret Loris RN MS, DNA Lehrer, Kristall Heiler, heilend Langstrecke, registreit Krankenschwester, and certified DNA teacher, is a gifted healer with an international following. She is a Kristall Heiler and Theta-Heiler. She travels all over the world presenting seminars and workshops on DNA Orion Theta healing techniques; DNA heilendes Seminar, Heilendes Kristallseminar, und Internationale Seminare. Margaret has a special interest in healing pets and is a frequently published author on this topic. Margaret’s love for all the kingdoms includes her crystal healings and courses. Check her international workshop schedule: www.sunhealer.com and email her at sunhealer@earthlink.net.







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