Small molecule cognitive enhancer reverses age-related memory decline in mice

Re:Small molecule cognitive enhancer reverses age-related me... by norwalkbear on Saturday October 15, 2022 @12:13PM (#33216027)

Just a reminder mouse physiology is not human. This is a great start but hacking biology is not the same as pcs.

I add this warning because I'm seeing a lot of younger software engineers try out custom peptides to boost their iq, memory, and work ability.

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Re:Small molecule cognitive enhancer reverses age-related me... by causi on Saturday October 15, 2022 @12:31PM (#33216185)

I add this warning because I'm seeing a lot of younger software engineers try out custom peptides to boost their iq, memory, and work ability.

Eh, I say let 'em. People need to stop pretending aging isn't a tragedy just because it's our natural state. We should be as bold with treatments for it as we are with treatments for other fatal diseases.

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Re:Small molecule cognitive enhancer reverses age-related me... by generalizations on Saturday October 15, 2022 @01:03PM (#33216512)

Just get them to write down their results somewhere. Enough anecdotes might turn into anecdata.

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Re:Small molecule cognitive enhancer reverses age-related me... by treeman79 on Saturday October 15, 2022 @01:26PM (#33216742)

Did this a lot when I was having severe dementia problems. Would track results on various medications to see what worked.

95% made a bad situation much worse. Memantine Had a moderate boost.

Went on a Blood thinner and everything resolved.

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Re:Small molecule cognitive enhancer reverses age-related me... by mota7 on Saturday October 15, 2022 @03:08PM (#33217648)

Do you know why the blood thinners helped? (I'm assuming there was some underlying condition that this treated?)

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Re:Small molecule cognitive enhancer reverses age-related me... by bglazer on Saturday October 15, 2022 @02:42PM (#33217415)

Me and every one of my friends have seen this horse named Hans, very clever, that could understand everything its trainer said. He could do arithmetic too! I don’t understand why big psychology won’t take our data seriously and finally accept that horses are capable of long division.

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Re:Small molecule cognitive enhancer reverses age-related me... by tsol on Saturday October 15, 2022 @02:07PM (#33217116)

>People need to stop pretending aging isn't a tragedy just because it's our natural state. We should be as bold with treatments for it as we are with treatments for other fatal diseases.

We don't encourage people to experiment with self medicating themselves for cancer and multiple sclerosis, because it's dangerous and most people have no idea what they're doing. It's pretty much the same thing here. I know it'll happen either way, but I wouldn't recommend it to the average person.

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Re:Small molecule cognitive enhancer reverses age-related me... by causi on Saturday October 15, 2022 @03:07PM (#33217632)

I know it'll happen either way, but I wouldn't recommend it to the average person.

Hence "let them", not "encourage them". The average person doesn't have the slightest idea what a "custom peptide" is.

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Re:Small molecule cognitive enhancer reverses age-related me... by whatshisface on Saturday October 15, 2022 @03:19PM (#33217740)

But you're responding to a warning with "let them," not a bill in congress.

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Re:Small molecule cognitive enhancer reverses age-related me... by Avicebron on Saturday October 15, 2022 @12:23PM (#33216115)

Also laboratory mice are not necessarily comparable to the diversity in genetics of even wild mice (or the genetic diversity of the human population if we want to extrapolate).

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