You can even see that in the interview with the lead academic here. Note how he steadfastly steers clear of any claim beyond "we've seen some cool stuff in our labs"https://twitter.com/7NewsBrisbane/status/995950047530369026 …
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Every time a cool new molecule with interesting lab results comes out, we get stories about how it's going to Prevent All Diseasepic.twitter.com/76UTTVxGwF
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In a decade, we may be seeing one or two interesting treatments from these pre-clinical trials in cells in petri dishes Only about an 8% chance of that, but it's a chance
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Nonsense quotes like this are irresponsible. The media loves them because it's an authority making a grand claim, but the reality is that this molecule will almost certainly go on to be another marginally effective treatmentpic.twitter.com/kcTgJKoUMq
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What's FAR MORE LIKELY than these scientists discovering the holy grail of medicine is that they've discovered another cool molecule that does interesting things in a lab, but which has limited/no therapeutic benefit in actual living people
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Also worth noting that the current news stories appear to not be based on any new research, it's basically just a marketing promotion by the lab to capture fundingpic.twitter.com/WABpBfj8NN
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Also if my cells start acting 20 yrs younger it just means they're sleeping with inappropriate ppl while wrestling with the guilt of a conservative upbringing, drinking too much, and wasting their innate vitality. On the upside, they don't know their potential will be wasted.
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