This sounds like one of those sciency bullshit articles where
a) the study was on a subcategory of proteins that in some very boring and specific cases influence the aging of a certain type of cell in a minor way
b) the study was a miniscule pilot study with 10 participants
c) it explicitly said that it’s results are more than shaky and need further testing to prove anything
d) it didn’t mention humans aging at all
e) the participants were some kind of worm
but some journalist read half the excerpt, misunderstood it completely and did a catchy article about what he hallucinated into the study.
And thousands of people everywhere read that title, didn’t bother looking a single bit into it, and are now repeating to everyone they know “Japan cured aging!” until someone corrects them.
also there are aging studies that indicate getting damage cells to self destruct helps being healthier as you age so you want to increase senescence rather than reduce it.
This sounds like one of those sciency bullshit articles where
a) the study was on a subcategory of proteins that in some very boring and specific cases influence the aging of a certain type of cell in a minor way
b) the study was a miniscule pilot study with 10 participants
c) it explicitly said that it’s results are more than shaky and need further testing to prove anything
d) it didn’t mention humans aging at all
e) the participants were some kind of worm
but some journalist read half the excerpt, misunderstood it completely and did a catchy article about what he hallucinated into the study.
And thousands of people everywhere read that title, didn’t bother looking a single bit into it, and are now repeating to everyone they know “Japan cured aging!” until someone corrects them.
Hey now! It might not even be a journalist doing the hallucinating nowadays. We can get the robots to hallucinate for us!
also there are aging studies that indicate getting damage cells to self destruct helps being healthier as you age so you want to increase senescence rather than reduce it.