1/ Why are children safe? "Fetal hemoglobin that binds oxygen more strongly than adult hemoglobin saves children (and sickle-cell patients where it persists longer) from heme-binding (O2 sequestering) proteins of anaerobic bacteria (Prevotella, et al)"https://osf.io/vzmf3/
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For, eg why not children?
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well -- and I need to check this from many more angles, buuut -- children have a ton of telomeres, and old people don't. I wonder if there's a connection.
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