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It Sure Looks Like Humans Have Found a Way to Reverse Aging
- fred_is_fred 6y agoIsn't this the opposite of what some professional athletes do - sleeping in rooms with reduced O2 to increase their VO2 Max (simulating altitude). If this is the opposite would it reduce the amount of red blood cells you have?
- Kinrany 6y ago> However, the idea of spending many hours per day in a pressurized chamber may turn away patients. I guess in the future humans really will sleep in oxygen chambers!
- Kinrany 6y agoIt does have negative side effects: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oxygen_toxicity https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oxygen_toxicity
- metrix 6y agoThe negative effects may be the very reason why it works, as it has an hormetic response https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hormesis https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hormesis similar to fasting.
- hinkley 6y agoThere’s a couple theories running around out there about amplifying programmed cell death as a rejuvenating strategy. If you can avoid telomere shortening in the process, it might work. It’s an interesting Ship of Theseus style problem, though. Replacing all the pieces faster, am I still “me”?
- ilaksh 6y agoIts not as simple as increasing telomere length. https://sens.org https://sens.org
- netsharc 6y agoI look forward (/s) to someone using this paper to make a hyperbaric chamber startup and selling it to the Hollywood/Kardashian/S.V. class. Call it Oxygen as a Service, and finally we'll be able to refute the line "at least air is free"...
- SomeoneFromCA 6y ago2020. The year of pressurized oxygen.