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.
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.
it looks like four point mutations in the cGAS enzyme
So, Fallout 4 wasn’t wrong, point to them
Now remember, if a billionaire asks about this, you haven’t heard anything.
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.
