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Verzingetorix t1_ixka91d wrote

Reply to comment by KeepItASecretok in Lex Fridman's father is pro-immortality by SpiritedSort672

People are not stupid. Once a proof-of-concept is demonstrated and an achievable goal for humans is available all we have are pipe dreams. Regardless of how scientifically sound those dreams might be.

There has been ZERO robust rejuvenation of a naturally-aged, complex animal. There's nothing for the general public to buy into. A lot of us are optimistic, engaged and informed about some cutting edge ideas and niche advances. But at the end of the day, there's nothing tangible to sell the idea.

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PandaCommando69 t1_ixl6yxw wrote

There has been rejuvenation of mice. Paper coming out soon. Here's video about it (NBC News) https://youtu.be/DPARs7mL_7Q

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Verzingetorix t1_ixll3zv wrote

Artificially degrading the mice DNA and then inducing DNA repair is not rejuvenation.

They would have to apply their methodology to genetically diverse, elderly mice to demonstrate robust rejuvenation.

Reversing and artificially induced phenotype that resembles aging us a nice lab trick that has been done before.

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