[ExI] First hint that body’s ‘biological age’ can be reversed

[William Flynn Wallace]

 Darin Sunley  I'm not sure what you call that, but 'science' doesn't seem
like quite the right word."

Sure, but it cost next to nothing, probably did not have to get permission
from anyone but the SS.  Lots of good science has been birthed from 'Oh
what the Hell, something might happen'.  Human growth does something -
let's find out what.  billw

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> On Fri, Sep 6, 2019, 2:10 PM John Clark via extropy-chat <
> extropy-chat at lists.extropy.org> wrote:
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>> The study was conducted by cryobiologist Dr. Gregory Fahy and involved
>> Human Growth Hormone and two common diabetes drugs, dehydroepiandrosterone
>> (DHEA) and metformin. The results are interesting because it didn't just
>> slow down the biological clock it reversed it, but it may not be rock solid
>> because the clinical study was small ( just 9 white men between 51 and 65)
>> and it did not contain a control. The discovery was an accident, the drug
>> trial was set up to see if growth hormone could be safely used to restore
>> the thymus gland and anti-diabetic drugs were only included because
>> growth hormone can cause diabetes. After the trial was over they found that
>> in 7 of the 9 men the thymus was restored, and then as an afterthought
>> Fahy checked on their epigenetic clock and got a surprise.
>>
>> It seems to me the next step should be to try this drug cocktail in mice
>> and see if they live longer.
>>
>> Drugs seemed to rejuvenate the body’s ‘epigenetic clock
>> <https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-019-02638-w?utm_source=Nature+Briefing&utm_campaign=eae3387943-briefing-dy-20190906&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_c9dfd39373-eae3387943-44221073>
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