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> Too bad most experiments that work on mice have no or negative effects on humans Really? I'm curious where you heard that. (purely curious, not saying you'r

• treeman79 5y ago
  Sarcasm...
• jeroenhd 5y ago
  As other HN commenters point out, most research in this area doesn't translate to humans[0]. It might be nice if we suddenly found a miracle chemical that can add ten years to our lifespan (though we'd all be working ten years longer, not living it up in retirement), but like with every article around this subject, we'll just have to wait the coming five to six years to see if we can benefit from this ourselves. Might be a good addition to food for pet mice though, so at least there's that. [0]: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=27351316 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=27351316