Age Reduction Breakthrough?

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Post by James_Henry » Mon, May 11, 2020, 3:06 PM UTC

Age Reduction Breakthrough?
joshmitteldorf.scienceblog.com

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Post by garyclarke27 » Mon, May 11, 2020, 3:44 PM UTC

Seems very exciting - I have huge respect for the author of this blog Josh Mitteldorf (he’s a genius) - so fingers crossed - they may be onto something real. Plasma from young donars is already proven to be beneficial to elderly recipients - this appears to be an extension of such research.

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Post by mkchoi212 » Mon, May 11, 2020, 3:49 PM UTC

Very promising results! But I would love to see what happens when this is approved for human subject testing. Let’s see if the magic number of injections needed - 4 - is still the case.

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Post by peter_l_downs » Mon, May 11, 2020, 3:52 PM UTC

As someone entirely outside this field, can someone with more inside knowledge give any insight into where this lies on the crank/hoax spectrum? A biorxv paper and a well-written blogpost don't really point either way.

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Post by eternauta3k » Mon, May 11, 2020, 3:58 PM UTC

I'm dimly aware that issues with rat models for aging were pointed out by Bret Weinstein. Any comments on that?

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Post by throw1234651234 » Mon, May 11, 2020, 3:58 PM UTC

peter_l_downs wrote: post #4

As someone entirely outside this field, can someone with more inside knowledge give any insight into where this lies on the crank/hoax spectrum? A biorxv paper and a well-written blogpost don't really point either way.

Ask Thiel.

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Post by fredley » Mon, May 11, 2020, 4:00 PM UTC

Do we really want to live in a world where the billionaires live forever?

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Post by op03 » Mon, May 11, 2020, 4:00 PM UTC

peter_l_downs wrote: post #4

As someone entirely outside this field, can someone with more inside knowledge give any insight into where this lies on the crank/hoax spectrum? A biorxv paper and a well-written blogpost don't really point either way.

It's not targeting you. It targeted at dumbasses with cash who are scared of dying.

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Post by Exuma » Mon, May 11, 2020, 4:01 PM UTC

fredley wrote: post #7

Do we really want to live in a world where the billionaires live forever?

Let's make everything about "billionaires" and completely ignore any good news.

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Post by SemiNormal » Mon, May 11, 2020, 4:01 PM UTC

fredley wrote: post #7

Do we really want to live in a world where the billionaires live forever?

You mean trillionaires?