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Curmudgeoness

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19. If it sounds too good to be true,

Reply to Maraya1969 (Reply #13)

Sat Dec 21, 2013, 11:21 PM

Dec 2013

yada yada yada.

Then again, this drug they are describing sounds too good to be true as well. Damn it.

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Anti-ageing compound set for human trials after turning clock back for mice. [View all] another_liberal Dec 2013 OP

I'll volunteer, cause I'm not liking this getting old thing at all. notadmblnd Dec 2013 #1

TELL me about it. I weigh the same, but my clothes dont fit anymore. Odd.... 7962 Dec 2013 #23

it's not so much my looks, although I don't like the grey hair and wrinkles notadmblnd Dec 2013 #44

i REFUSE to have Andy Rooney eyebrows! 7962 Dec 2013 #47

Yeah, my eyesight is gone. I just found out that I have cataracts. RebelOne Jan 2014 #75

I absolutely LOVE getting old! Kablooie Dec 2013 #26

You and me both theHandpuppet Dec 2013 #35

I will volunteer, because I hate this getting old thing. RebelOne Jan 2014 #74

The biology of the mouse genome does not always correspond to the human lostincalifornia Dec 2013 #2

The researchers seem to think there is promise in human trials. another_liberal Dec 2013 #4

I hope so lostincalifornia Dec 2013 #6

Just what the world needs Scootaloo Dec 2013 #3

Where do I volunteer? Curmudgeoness Dec 2013 #5

It's a known fact... RoccoR5955 Dec 2013 #7

We don't know if it would extend life significantly. Curmudgeoness Dec 2013 #8

I could take the same number of years Diego_Native 2012 Dec 2013 #59

Yes I'll take feeling better.... abakan Dec 2013 #61

Welcome to DU, abakan. Curmudgeoness Dec 2013 #62

Thanks for the welcome.. abakan Dec 2013 #67

Welcome to the DU abakan chknltl Dec 2013 #68

You may be right... abakan Jan 2014 #72

Right,...just picture Dorian Grey. Spitfire of ATJ Dec 2013 #10

No fair. Curmudgeoness Dec 2013 #17

I like to think I'm gonna LOOK like I had fun. Spitfire of ATJ Dec 2013 #21

LOL Curmudgeoness Dec 2013 #22

Just a tip, Curmudgeoness...I've seen significant Surya Gayatri Dec 2013 #32

Add some black pepper Richard D Dec 2013 #37

Who knew? Thanks, Richard D... Surya Gayatri Dec 2013 #41

That is a lot of tumeric. Curmudgeoness Dec 2013 #48

Tumeric is the basic, bright yellow spice in Indian curies and has Surya Gayatri Dec 2013 #55

Thanks. I know all about being my own guinea pig. Curmudgeoness Dec 2013 #57

Like the old white racists will never go meet their black maker. loudsue Dec 2013 #58

yea.....getting old is not for sissies. Maraya1969 Dec 2013 #14

Dude! You read my mind. skamaria Dec 2013 #70

I volunteer! femmocrat Dec 2013 #9

When that happens shanti Dec 2013 #18

My first thought as well Cirque du So-What Dec 2013 #66

Back off!! I go first!* darkangel218 Dec 2013 #54

Oh great, now the koch brothers will be around forever. diane in sf Dec 2013 #11

Not necessarily . . . another_liberal Dec 2013 #12

and one cannot repair a broken soul... or one which has expired on the vine tomm2thumbs Dec 2013 #56

I think you can already get this stuff at a health food store. Maraya1969 Dec 2013 #13

I am getting some T O M O R R O W!! YOHABLO Dec 2013 #15

i just bought some on ebay shanti Dec 2013 #50

If it sounds too good to be true, Curmudgeoness Dec 2013 #19

Isn't this vit B3? Tumbulu Dec 2013 #16

Good question. another_liberal Dec 2013 #27

It's happening. JaneyVee Dec 2013 #20

Is this akin to NADP+ bucolic_frolic Dec 2013 #24

Ponce de Leon Must Feel Vindicated DallasNE Dec 2013 #25

Dick Cheney is already demanding access to the treatments, or I miss my guess. another_liberal Dec 2013 #28

And then they will raise the retirement age to 500. Live and Learn Dec 2013 #29

I could deal with that - I'd like to feel young forever kysrsoze Dec 2013 #31

Not I. It's not like this would stop all the other BS life throws at you. Live and Learn Dec 2013 #33

Of you could look at it this way theHandpuppet Dec 2013 #36

Not to mention PasadenaTrudy Dec 2013 #42

I'll believe it when I see the results passiveporcupine Dec 2013 #30

Really. SheilaT Dec 2013 #34

Many treatements you take for granted were tested on mice first, can you name Bluenorthwest Dec 2013 #38

And of course, mice, being pan-dimensional beings elias7 Dec 2013 #43

The anti-science, pro-death sentiment in some of these replies... politichew Dec 2013 #39

Agreed. DavidDvorkin Dec 2013 #46

I'm not anti-science PasadenaTrudy Dec 2013 #49

+1. My mom's well into her 80s and so many of her friends are gone, even younger ones winter is coming Dec 2013 #63

I remember reading the following article a couple of years ago. Live and Learn Dec 2013 #51

I just watched the second Star Trek movie on DVD Thor_MN Dec 2013 #40

From the article drm604 Dec 2013 #45

I take it their regular science writer ... GeorgeGist Dec 2013 #52

I dont mind saying that i would absolutely love to live forever. darkangel218 Dec 2013 #53

Absolutely. Me too. DavidDvorkin Dec 2013 #60

Amen to that. There are just too many things of which I'd like to see the outcome. n/t ChisolmTrailDem Jan 2014 #76

Great! rrneck Dec 2013 #64

Being young once Riftaxe Dec 2013 #65

What afflictions? Curmudgeoness Dec 2013 #71

Wasteful science loyalsister Dec 2013 #69

Benjamin Button! tblue Jan 2014 #73

I'll believe that when I see it Warpy Jan 2014 #77

Like that thought... civillawyer Jan 2014 #78