Re:Human ageing process biologically reversed in world first
by tisu32 on Wednesday November 18, 2020 @05:28PM
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From what I can tell as a complete layman, the title is quite sensationalist: the only process being reversed is telomere lengthening, which has a tenuous relationship with aging at best.
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Re:Human ageing process biologically reversed in world first
by ksaj on Wednesday November 18, 2020 @08:08PM
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I've actually studied this, and I agree with you. I see a notable difference between "less disease of a very specific sort" and "reversed aging" although the end result is remarkably similar (without the age digression, of course). The article treats them as the same. Unless your sole definition of aging is in re how far down the chain your telomerase shows up.
To me, reversing aging would be more like the Benjamin Button story. But that's not the story being told here.
Depending on how you are looking at it, they're either very similar things, or completely different things. I see them as being very different.
Re:Human ageing process biologically reversed in world first
by pmdulaney on Wednesday November 18, 2020 @08:06PM
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Yes, if researchers had really reversed human ageing, do you really think yahoo.com would be breaking the news?
Re:Human ageing process biologically reversed in world first
by lern_too_spel on Wednesday November 18, 2020 @09:28PM
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I don't see what relevance that has to this story. Yahoo.com isn't breaking the news, only reporting about an article published in a journal.