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Possible reversion of an 80-year-old to the age of 26 using pig's blood (news.yahoo.com)
submitted 10 months ago by cyu@sh.itjust.works to c/technology@lemmy.ml
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[-] cheese_greater@lemmy.world 7 points 10 months ago

That pic tho

[-] cocolopez@lemmy.world 5 points 10 months ago

You can check how old you are by measuring how low your nuts go.

[-] cheese_greater@lemmy.world 4 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

Thats amazing, like the tree trunk rings heuristic

Edit: it would have to be warm enough 🌡️🪂

[-] PeepinGoodArgs@reddthat.com 4 points 10 months ago

Elon Musk is going to get this first and become God Emperor of mankind. Mark my words!

[-] rustyfish@lemmy.world 2 points 10 months ago

Well, call me a traitor then. Because I know which side I will take when the heresy hits.

[-] olsonexi@lemmy.wtf 2 points 10 months ago

you say this as if it's a good thing

[-] floofloof@lemmy.ca 2 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

I, for one, welcome our new immortal asshole overlords.

[-] HipsterTenZero@dormi.zone 2 points 10 months ago

oh cool, vampires. thats just swell

[-] MedicPigBabySaver@lemmy.world 1 points 10 months ago

No

[-] nyan@lemmy.cafe 1 points 10 months ago

"Reverses aging in rats". We've also cured cancer in mice dozens of times without the results generalizing to human beings. So even if this works, it may only work on rodents.

Let's just hope the rats don't figure out how to do it for themselves, or we'll be overrun with rejuvenated geriatric rodents.

[-] duncesplayed@lemmy.one 1 points 10 months ago

Awful headline.

Somewhat surprising results, though. They took a fraction of pig blood plasma and injected it into rats over the course of 8 days. Some organs in the older rats showed a lower epigenetic age, and the older rats also performed quicker in cognitive tests. The results are more extreme than they predicted they be (especially the liver and heart), so we'll see what happens when someone tries to replicate the results.

Any speculation about applicability to humans is just science fiction, of course.

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