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A blood factor can rejuvenate the aging brain

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Re: A blood factor can rejuvenate the aging brain

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Post by LinuxBender »

jkestner wrote: post #17
LinuxBender wrote: post #13

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Vampire bats create a slit in the ankles of sleeping livestock and lick the wound. Their saliva contains an anticoagulant that keeps the wound bleeding. Humanoid vampires are not real despite the goth look still being a thing unless you are referring to the group of people that transfuse blood from young people for a lot of money which I suspect is a scam due to the short life of blood cells especially when stored ou…

Please don’t make the most productive members of our society justify why they need to ingest your blood. You’ll spook the economy which is working great for all of us.

Ok fair enough but then I should be allowed to sell my 3-piece 5G dampening magnet suits.

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Post by throwuwu »

GolfPopper wrote: post #3

"Research led by two teams from the University of California San Francisco (UCSF) and a team from the University of Queensland, Australia, has identified a blood factor as the common denominator behind rejuvenation of the brain through young blood transfusion, a longevity hormone and exercise." Musk, Thiel, and their ilk are going to put us in Bug Jack Barron territory before the end of the decade, aren't they?

Or just program some bacteria to produce the compound in question like we do for everything else.

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Post by coldtea »

catchnear4321 wrote: post #10
GolfPopper wrote: post #3

"Research led by two teams from the University of California San Francisco (UCSF) and a team from the University of Queensland, Australia, has identified a blood factor as the common denominator behind rejuvenation of the brain through young blood transfusion, a longevity hormone and exercise." Musk, Thiel, and their ilk are going to put us in Bug Jack Barron territory before the end of the decade, aren't they?

that seems rather optimistic. more like plasma center/day care in low income neighborhoods. would you blame a parent for taking their kid somewhere that gave them a good education, fed them well, and paid you, for just a little bit of their excess life force? you gotta weigh the pros and cons together. one man’s college education is another man’s immortality. everyone wins, just, not everyone wins as much.

>would you blame a parent for taking their kid somewhere that gave them a good education, fed them well, and paid you, for just a little bit of their excess life force?

Yes. It's those compromises that dig into dignity.

And also why people get to only have "excess life force" selling as their route to "good education, food, and payment".

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Post by itisit »

hackernewds wrote: post #25
stevenwoo wrote: post #19

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Yes but they really ought to do this study with people before we all go out and exercise :).

Why not just exercise?

Potential for injury, respiratory illness, space limitations, disability. Not everyone has the privilege.

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Post by stevenwoo »

hackernewds wrote: post #25
stevenwoo wrote: post #19

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Yes but they really ought to do this study with people before we all go out and exercise :).

Why not just exercise?

I was joking. Seriously, people should just exercise in a manner that they can do it consistently for the present and future health. There are physical and mental benefits in many different types of studies. The only exceptions are people with rare diseases that prevent normal body function with exercise. The mechanism by which this benefits mice may not be the same in humans but that's no reason to not exercise.

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Post by quickthrower2 »

stevenwoo wrote: post #29
hackernewds wrote: post #25

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Why not just exercise?

I was joking. Seriously, people should just exercise in a manner that they can do it consistently for the present and future health. There are physical and mental benefits in many different types of studies. The only exceptions are people with rare diseases that prevent normal body function with exercise. The mechanism by which this benefits mice may not be the same in humans but that's no reason to not exercise.

I have chronic fatigue and while cardio can cause a lot if problems, weight training has been beneficial. And if you look at my routine you would laugh as it is about half the time other people spend in the gym. I am there twice a week for 50 minutes and most is rest time. Often there is an exercise you can do a bit more of, unless you are very sick. It is more linear than people think: you don’t need to choose from the binary: sedate/marathon runner pair.
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