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by ekianjo 2755 days ago
> Every 60-year should be taking senolytics today, right now, for example. Their good-for-a-60-year-old metrics would be greatly improved by doing so.

Are you joking? Senolytics have not been proven to work in humans yet. Only in mice. And there's a large, very large literature of drugs that don't work at all the same way in mice and humans.

It reminds me of the DHEA that was touted as a miracle drug for seniors back in the 90s, and the completely failed to meet any expectation.