It's A Time Bomb!

It's a Time Bomb!

THE NEW YORK TIMES.
Article by Tamar Lewin 2001

Ideas & Trends: Reproductive Gerontology; Ask Not for Whom the Clock Ticks!

MEN, take note: you, too, have a biological clock.

True, it does not tick toward the absolute deadline that ends women's childbearing years. As notables like Tony Randall, Yasir Arafat, George Plimpton, Anthony Quinn, Clint Eastwood, Strom Thurmond and so, so many more have demonstrated, men can father babies no matter how old they get.
But there is a growing body of evidence that the fruit of aging loins is burdened with increased risk of a wide variety of gene-influenced illnesses. A study released last week raised the intriguing -- if skeptically viewed -- possibility that some cases of schizophrenia fall into that category.