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I came across David Sinclair and his research into reverse aging. Especially, I came across this video by Veritasium with Sinclair. Apparently his team has managed to reverse aging in mice in a lab? Has this been peer reviewed?

I personally want to believe Sinclair, but he just.... seems snake oil salesman-ey for some reason. For one, the channels that he seems to come on are the same channels that host manosphere/pseudoscience/conspiracy related guests. Secondly, he talks a lot of shit about his fellow scientists and just seems a little egoistic? I dunno...

Also, the recommendations that he seems to give (like reducing protein intake) to slow aging just seem to be against conventional wisdom? Also, for the drugs that he recommends taking, wouldn't the FDA approve them if they actually worked? I dunno. This isn't how a man of science behaves, right?

Anyway, aside from Sinclair, how far have we gotten in the reverse aging/stopping aging or whatever science? Should we hope to get drugs/treatment to cure this in the next 10/30/50 years?

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[–] Boozilla@lemmy.world 19 points 10 months ago (1 children)

I would trust your instincts on this guy.

Science has known for years that the fewer calories you ingest, the slower you age. Metabolic processes induce a lot of wear and tear.

As far as reversing aging, the protein thing may have some merit, but I would remain skeptical for now. My 2-cent guess is that truly reversing aging will involve some unholy cocktail recipe of stem cells, genetic manipulation using CRISPR, lots of fasting, and maybe some advanced vaccines (we're learning vaccines can train the immune system to do all sorts of interesting things beyond fighting infections).

[–] UraniumBlazer@lemm.ee 6 points 10 months ago (1 children)

we're learning vaccines can train the immune system to do all sorts of interesting things beyond fighting infections

Wow, never heard that before! Like what? Sorry, I've been completely out of the loop for developments in the genetics space.

[–] Boozilla@lemmy.world 10 points 10 months ago (2 children)
[–] CtrlAltDelight@lemmy.zip 3 points 10 months ago

That's amazing

[–] UraniumBlazer@lemm.ee 3 points 10 months ago

Oh wow, the rate of progress everywhere is just so high! What a time to be alive!