News

7 readers

7 users here now

Breaking news and current events worldwide.

founded 1 year ago

Harvard Scientist Says He's Found a Cocktail That Can Reverse Aging in Human Cells (www.sciencealert.com)

submitted 1 year ago by readbeanicecream@kbin.social to c/news@kbin.social

16 comments fedilink hide all child comments

A team led by famed Harvard Medical School anti-aging researcher David Sinclair has just published a paper that shows a mix of chemicals are capable of reversing cellular aging...

you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments

[–] ptz@dubvee.org 19 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (4 children)

I look forward to having a class of rich people who will never die with the rest of us being considered expendable /s

[–] Generic_Handel@kbin.social 5 points 1 year ago

Remember not aging doesn't necessarily mean immortal.

https://www.wikihow.com/Build-a-Gallows

[–] flipht@kbin.social 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Literally a sub plot of the red mars series.

[–] teft@sh.itjust.works 4 points 1 year ago

Also a plot on Altered Carbon. “Meths”, short for methuselahs, rule the world. You get a new body if you can afford it otherwise you get what we give you.

[–] Flexaris@discuss.tchncs.de 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Great, they'll live to see the consequences of climate change and slowly die anyway

[–] massive_bereavement@kbin.social 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

They will move to subterranean refuges and keep their everlasting bodies connected to the metaverse.

[–] lozunn@kbin.social 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

So... this is what hell was referring to all along?

evil people: check
underground: check
everlasting: check
~~metaverse~~ torment: check

[–] massive_bereavement@kbin.social 1 points 1 year ago

I mean, if I had to spend some hundred years in that fun-less wii loby controlled by the Zuck...

Which is a great plot for Black Mirror. Netflix, call me.

[–] Pisodeuorrior@kbin.social 1 points 1 year ago

Oh yes, I really look forward to a future where people like Trump or Rupert Murdock live forever.