[ExI] Anyone taking TA-65?

[BillK]

On 12/8/12, James Clement <clementlawyer at gmail.com> wrote:
> Brent Allsop wrote:
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>> This looks like a great youTube video about the science of telomeres:
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>> http://www.facebook.com/groups/2445335657/permalink/10151136066600658/
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>> They also strongly endorse what they call TA-65.  They make it sound like
> a miracle drug that would enable us to easily break the "theoretical 120
> year old age limit".
>
> Brent, I've read over a hundred research papers on telomeres with respect
> to aging and IMHO there still haven't been any good studies that show life
> extension in otherwise healthy mammals. It's probably beneficial to the
> immune cells (which replicate far faster than normal cells), which are one
> the few cell types that can be directly measured from the bloodstream.
> However, it's not entirely clear that telomeres don't relengthen on their
> own. Also, a very recent paper actually links activation of telomerase with
> up-regulation of NF-kB, a strong inflammation and cancer promoter. TL:DR
> the jury is still out on whether it's a mere biomarker of so-called
> cellular damage, or actively involved in the repair process. Wait a few
> more years and we'll probably have the answer to this and whether it
> increases the risk of cancer. James
>