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Re:Drug perks up old muscles and aging brains by robot22 on Friday May 15, 2015 @02:45PM (#9552773)
Peer review is less effective then you imagine and a highly political process. These experts usually have a vested interest in a certain viewpoint or line of research. I agree extra scrutiny always helps, but scientific consensus does not guarantee truth.
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Re:Drug perks up old muscles and aging brains by joe_the_user on Friday May 15, 2015 @03:36PM (#9553105)
Well,

We should also look at the article under consideration. It seems to describe a molecule that might "cure" or ameliorate the effects of aging. Extraordinary claims need extraordinary evidence but even more, there's a big "push" to have something like this published given that in there would be a tremendous amount of money interested in investing in a project that appears to have even a one percent chance of being that big.

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Re:Drug perks up old muscles and aging brains by JoshTriplett on Friday May 15, 2015 @02:59PM (#9552859)
It's certainly not a guarantee. However, it does tend to provide a non-zero improvement in signal-to-noise.

That process can and should be drastically improved, though.

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