The last six or seven posts to this community that started with “Chinese scientists…” has either been complete bullshit hokum, or so exaggeratory and fast-n-loose with facts it might as well be a direct lie.
Before I get into this story/study, is this any different than those others?
Gene therapy me immediately, my knees are starting to hurt.
it looks like four point mutations in the cGAS enzyme
So I need to eat mole rats?
According to the logic of Chinese medicine, yes.
It doesn’t help the longevity of the molerats though.
Now remember, if a billionaire asks about this, you haven’t heard anything.
So, Fallout 4 wasn’t wrong, point to them
trade off is you have to look like a chode for eternity
Eventually, everyone will be chodes and looking like a chode will be sexy
Says naked ape.
Considering that mice live for 2-4 years and naked mole-rats can reach 40, one might expect gene therapy to increase lifespan by 10-20x, but in their ‘superflies’ it only increased their 70 day lifespan by a couple weeks. That’s good news for anyone who was worried that Putin and Xi will live over 1000 years.
