[chilledheat]

Did you read the article?

"The drug rapamycin is currently administered following organ transplants to prevent the body's immune system from rejecting the transplanted organs, but previous experiments by other research groups showed that it extends the lifespan of many organisms, including the C. elegans worms, fruit flies and mice"

Dr Gruber's team administered combinations of two or three compounds targeting different ageing pathways to C. elegans (worms).

[stochastic_monk]

You provided some understanding from the article, which is appreciated.

As a friendly reminder, the guidelines state: “Please don't insinuate that someone hasn't read an article. "Did you even read the article? It mentions that" can be shortened to "The article mentions that."”

[morsmodr]

Why would you think that the question immediately implies an insinuation? It is a perfectly normal question to ask based on data. Article gives info. First comment (now no longer the top comment) asks question on info, response from person who read the article - did you read the article? It is logical to me, I don't think there was any insinuation here, just asking for verification. Simple as that :)

A better question in the first place would be - I read the article but am unable to figure out which are the drugs actually used as I do not have much background in Bio/Pharma science

[dvfjsdhgfv]

> Why would you think that the question immediately implies an insinuation?

This may be culture-dependent, but I guess most people would feel it that way.

[stochastic_monk]

In my experience, the question is stronger than an insinuation, coming across as an accusation.

[morsmodr]

This is an issue with text conversation exchange. We do not have information on the tone of voice. And it is unfair to imagine a tone based on what we read

[donquichotte]

I'm not a biologist, but wouldn't an immunosuppressant's "life prolonging" effects be negated in a non-petri-dish-environment by bacterial, viral and fungal infections to the recepient?