A number of scientists look at current research trends and feel hopeful. They can envision a time when treatments based on an understanding of aging can help slow its progression and when not yet specialized (stem) cells can be coaxed to repair and rejuvenate damaged tissues, enabling people to remain vigorous longer than they would without medical assistance. Not all researchers share that optimism, though. Some assert that aging’s complexity will forever militate against the development of anti-aging therapies.
One thing is indisputable: the number of elderly people is growing worldwide, and opportunists stand ready to cash in on the burgeoning market for anti-aging products. The researchers who wrote and endorsed the position paper linked here do not necessarily agree on every word written there, but everyone realized that we had to set aside our minor differences to raise awareness of the growing scam. The public needs to know that the products sold as anti-aging remedies at longevity clinics and elsewhere have no scientifically proven efficacy and may at times be harmful. Systematic investigations into aging and its modification are in progress and could one day provide methods to slow our inevitable decline and extend health and longevity. That day, however, has not dawned yet. People might well recognize the paucity of proof but decide to try a putative anti-aging intervention anyway, thinking they have little to lose. They should think again.
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Reply | Report Abuse | Link to thisResearchers should be giving intensive scrutiny to staphylococcus radiofurans for its ability to maintain DNA functionality in very high ionizing environments. Could give a few clues to effectively enhancing vitality in the aged.
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I guarantee you, these scientist's are a bunch of old looking men! I personally can prove them wrong! The Fountain of Youth, really does exist! I am living proof!
Reply | Report Abuse | Link to thisDarius Wright, 50year old pres. Fountain of Youth, fitness and health, LLC
The fountain exists, its a dissapointing 9 dollars. It is a simple well. Nothing more. If you were wanting to see it, dont waste your time.
Reply | Report Abuse | Link to thisSirtris Pharmaceuticals has this to say about their sirtuin research, which derived from caloric restriction studies and the gene complexes stimulated by that:
Reply | Report Abuse | Link to this"Sirtris is currently evaluating SRT2104 in multiple Phase IIa clinical trials in patients with Type 2 Diabetes, inflammation and cardiovascular disease."
Granted, their research is oriented toward treatment of specific diseases but they happen to be those most commonly associated with the degenerative processes implicated with aging.
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51 guys that work for the FDA ... No one is ever going to listen to anything that an american scientist has to say because we know who pulls your strings little puppet. How can any human being live their life being a puppet for anyone??? Cowardly humans.
Reply | Report Abuse | Link to thisI agree 100% and disagree as well! But there is the exception to every rule, is that the existence of an
Reply | Report Abuse | Link to thisexception is in some way evidence that the rule exists!!!
I respect what the Scientists have to say, yes I agree
on the anti aging products! But read every word, the
clues esp. about genes, health, "cells", and saying's
(quote them: We live longer now not because we have altered the way we age but because we have altered the way we live.)
The point I got from this is: no skin care product works
its about the body and brain within itself PERIOD!!!
Aging predisposes cells, tissues and organs to the diseases of aging. Experiments, particularly the parabiosis studies of the Conboys, et al, the recent work of Villeda et al. restoring mental functioning to aged rats, the validation that changing a cell into induced pleuripotent stem cell fully rejuvenates it, even when starting with the cells of centenarians, the knowledge that the nucleus of a senescent cell can provide complete information for the birth of perfectly normal cows - all show that aging is not the result of the accumulation of 'wear and tear' but a programmed process that can be reversed. The cellular age-phenotype can be reset - and we know how to do it. Does this mean eternal youth is 'just around the corner'? Maybe.
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