Found: A protein that drives ageing without unleashing inflammation

Re:Found: A protein that drives ageing without unleashing in... by XorNot on Saturday November 14, 2026 @06:13AM (#50496050)

I think that's also a conversation that comes from younger people struggling with encountering the first signs of physical aging being a limitation. One thing that sticks out from when it comes up on reddit is people (claiming to be) in their 50s to 70s basically saying you don't really realize it's happened.

And I mean certainly I'm not constantly aware I'm in my 40s. And the healthy 80 and 90 year olds I've known don't seem "over it" - and the unhealthy ones aren't ready to give up either, they're usually just frustrated their body can't keep up.

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Re:Found: A protein that drives ageing without unleashing in... by jamesyoungquist on Saturday November 14, 2026 @09:49AM (#50497467)

I had a moment when I was around 25... I was very active, but I was noticing that I was starting to heal and recover more slowly than I did when I was 19. Then it hit me, this is basically just going to get worse and worse over the decades, and then I'm going to die.

It helped, I kept being like "wtf is wrong with me" but actually, no, I was just noticing the first little tiny signs of aging.

Now the trajectory has kept up, and I have to squint to read things that I could once read easily. Both my parents used reading glasses, and in 5 years I'm going to need them myself.

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