Harvard scientists achieve partial age reversal
11-29-2010 at 08:55 AM
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Harvard scientists achieve partial age reversal
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11-29-2010 at 10:42 AM
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Don't everyone get all in a huff now, in humans this would most likely currently result in a mild case of... well... death.
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11-29-2010 at 12:44 PM
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They find out everything at Harvard...
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11-29-2010 at 01:19 PM
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More useless research IMO.
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11-29-2010 at 01:52 PM
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tl;dr.
Regardless, my opinion:
People need to stop ****ing with shit.
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Mathematically it makes about as much sense as (pineapple)$$*cucumbe r*.
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Why is this a good news? Overpopulation anyone?
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11-29-2010 at 03:28 PM
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Quote:
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Why is this a good news? Overpopulation anyone?
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They said that the impacts to normal aging still need to be research. The main issue they are dealing with is premature aging diseases.
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11-29-2010 at 04:41 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Kendoon
Don't everyone get all in a huff now, in humans this would most likely currently result in a mild case of... well... death.
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Even if it was effective in humans, it would be very unlikely for it to be approved in our lifetimes.
However, it is still a cool bit of science. |
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11-29-2010 at 04:43 PM
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@ReDorkulateD: lol. That kinda didn't make any sense.
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11-29-2010 at 05:52 PM
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Lol at Razim... Overpopulation ? Sounds like you're saying :"I can stay on this planet and no more humans..."
If possible, this degeneration process would mostly be used for soldiers.
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11-29-2010 at 06:38 PM
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This is perfect for humans who wants to colonize other planets.
The next earth-like planet is 20 light years away. It will take humans centuries to get there.
Other than that, worthless unless we want to overpopulate Earth.
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11-29-2010 at 07:05 PM
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I'm interested as to whether this switch in regular mice would result in longer lifespan or if this is more like a rejuvination without the increased time. It's hard to tell because they had originally had accelerated aging and ended up with a normal lifespan.
Rejuvination, maybe without the extended time would be very cool. then even when you were a senior you could still be very active and worry less about the memory and sensory decline. major social implications, but as mentioned this is WAY down the line if it ever gets to people (which seems likely ppl always search for the fountain of youth..)
Cool research nonetheless- especially noting that cancer didnt result which is something newer to see.
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Well let's hope this area of research miraculously advances soon and is good to be used on humans. I don't have the time to get botox injections every few months starting 20 years from now. Overpopulation is the least of my worries right now, btw. I just don't want wrinkles and grey hair.
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everyone hold your horses, this hasnt been shown to work in humans.
I think I saw this paper in the news:
http://www.nature.com/nrn/journal/v3...nrn877-c2.html
Rats have a key difference in that it seems their neurons don't have some auto-healing properties like humans. So yes, I'm excited for this, but seeing a paper about 2 weeks ago about how rats are different in this key aspect that has in my opinion a high impact on the findings in the above article makes me cautious. |
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