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

[William Flynn Wallace]

Thank you.  Now, where can I find a physician who is willing to write a
prescription for off-label use?  That's the crux.  I have quite a few
doctors and all of them are scared of lawsuits.  The DEA is keeping close
tabs on them.  Go to Mexico?  bill w

On Sun, Sep 8, 2019 at 7:39 PM Max More via extropy-chat <
extropy-chat at lists.extropy.org> wrote:

> You should be able to get the paper here:
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> https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B97CJJ5YOfctalRfZExnd2lHUmRyYUNWMFZYMUgzSXJKVzg4/view
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> --Max (Subject #1)
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> On Fri, Sep 6, 2019 at 1:07 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.
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>> It seems to me the next step should be to try this drug cocktail in mice
>> and see if they live longer.
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>> 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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>> John K Clark
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