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Re:Leonard Guarente's Anti-Aging Pill by Dotnaught on Tuesday August 23, 2016 @03:49PM (#12346913)
Tried it for two months. No noticeable effect. Didn't continue.
Re:Leonard Guarente's Anti-Aging Pill by DennisP on Tuesday August 23, 2016 @07:03PM (#12348477)
I'm guessing you don't feel noticeably older right now than you felt two months ago. So if the pill merely slows aging, rather than reversing it, it's not likely you'd notice any change.
Re:Leonard Guarente's Anti-Aging Pill by godshatter on Tuesday August 23, 2016 @07:57PM (#12348729)
Even reversing aging would presumably take a not-insignificant portion of a person's life span. If the rate were magically the same as aging, just in reverse, it could take years to notice the difference depending upon your age.
Re:Leonard Guarente's Anti-Aging Pill by reasonattlm on Tuesday August 23, 2016 @10:17PM (#12349215)
Reversing aging doesn't work that way. Aging is damage, and reversal of aging is damage repair. Damage repair can be rapid and sweeping, and usually is.

You might examine some of the animal studies for, say, stem cell therapy or senescent cell clearance. Benefits are rapid and very evident for things that do actually work. Even slower items like myostatin blockade to provoke muscle growth show sizable, obvious benefits over a period of a few weeks to a few months.

Re:Leonard Guarente's Anti-Aging Pill by godshatter on Wednesday August 24, 2016 @10:54AM (#12352463)
I agree, that's why I used the word "magically".
Re:Leonard Guarente's Anti-Aging Pill by daveguy on Tuesday August 23, 2016 @10:48PM (#12349351)
> Reversing aging doesn't work.

FTFY