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Ahh, can't have a HN thread on aging without mention of SENS. Is this a bot?

reasonattlm 11y ago
It seems fair enough to talk about SENS in connection with a long awaited research success that is in the SENS portfolio, and has been since the beginning. http://sens.org/research/introduction-to-sens-research/deathresistant-cells http://sens.org/research/introduction-to-sens-research/death... The SENS Research Foundation has for some years funded work on clearing senescent cells at the Campisi lab, and Judith Campisi is one of the people involved in Union Biotechnology, the company commercializing therapies created from the study discussed here. Senescent cell clearance was advocated and funded by SENS advocates and organizations long before the rest of the scientific community caught up. It has been a long slog to get to the tipping point, and here we are, being proved right. So, you know, slightly relevant.
Jach 11y ago
SENS is if anything under-mentioned. Not only everywhere but I get the feeling on HN too. For fun, I did a google search on this site for "aging" and looked at the first page of results, 3/7 relevant threads make mention of SENS, and most of the 7 are kind of old threads. In order, with the first three mentioning SENS: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8838073 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8838073 (394 days) https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9592378 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9592378 (256 days) https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6406084 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6406084 (868 days) https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9844909 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9844909 (211 days) https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8727314 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8727314 (420 days) https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10468025 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10468025 (98 days) https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9613206 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9613206 (252 days)

It seems fair enough to talk about SENS in connection with a long awaited research success that is in the SENS portfolio, and has been since the beginning. http://sens.org/research/introduction-to-sens-research/deathresistant-cells http://sens.org/research/introduction-to-sens-research/death... The SENS Research Foundation has for some years funded work on clearing senescent cells at the Campisi lab, and Judith Campisi is one of the people involved in Union Biotechnology, the company commercializing therapies created from the study discussed here. Senescent cell clearance was advocated and funded by SENS advocates and organizations long before the rest of the scientific community caught up. It has been a long slog to get to the tipping point, and here we are, being proved right. So, you know, slightly relevant.

Jach 11y ago

SENS is if anything under-mentioned. Not only everywhere but I get the feeling on HN too. For fun, I did a google search on this site for "aging" and looked at the first page of results, 3/7 relevant threads make mention of SENS, and most of the 7 are kind of old threads. In order, with the first three mentioning SENS: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8838073 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8838073 (394 days) https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9592378 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9592378 (256 days) https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6406084 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6406084 (868 days) https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9844909 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9844909 (211 days) https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8727314 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8727314 (420 days) https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10468025 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10468025 (98 days) https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9613206 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9613206 (252 days)