There is a natural tendency to hype basic research as having human applications because perhaps that will attract funding. But most of us are reading science news without any practical use for it. It's useful to have a succinct reminder to avoid getting too excited about it.

I think more people mean it and understand it in a literal sense than you seem to appreciate.

And yet the only human data they found to substantiate their claim is that little Figure 7.

Which is why I stressed the human relevant merits of "in mice" research in the part of my comment you're not responding to.