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05 May 16 - 09:11 AM (#3788769) Subject: BS: A new blue pill From: Donuel https://www.technologyreview.com/s/534636/the-anti-aging-pill/ Available this week. a life extension nutraceutical It works with worms and mice but with us it is still debatable. |
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05 May 16 - 10:08 AM (#3788779) Subject: RE: BS: A new blue pill From: Jack Campin Next question: what do you do about a plague of immortal mice? |
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05 May 16 - 10:18 AM (#3788781) Subject: RE: BS: A new blue pill From: frogprince And please, God, if it keeps bodies alive longer, let it also keep the brain functional. |
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05 May 16 - 12:32 PM (#3788787) Subject: RE: BS: A new blue pill From: Senoufou Jack, you create lots of immortal cats! This is all about BIG money and vulnerable people who are terrified of growing old and even (gasp!) dying. I bet there are serious drawbacks with these tablets, or else they're completely useless. |
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05 May 16 - 01:11 PM (#3788790) Subject: RE: BS: A new blue pill From: Donuel Jack, that is a funny butimportant question. In one of my old essays I wrote of the tendency to price for the wealthy market. What do we do with a hundred immortal Bill Gates. Of course immortality is not the reality here. I am suspicious of anything that begins with niconoid but I know the research is about 10 years old now and has the support of Nobel Prize winners. The early attempts to extend life involved removing the code that normally told a cell to stop dividing or renewing itself. That age defying technique did work but occasionally resulted in cancer. If we lived 500 years I hope there'd be less misery there may not be fewer tears but we might learn from history |
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05 May 16 - 02:16 PM (#3788802) Subject: RE: BS: A new blue pill From: Mr Red we never learn from history, we learn from experience. As the old saying goes: History repeats itself, it has to, no-one is listening. |