Attn: OliveGardenDeac - Science now testing anti-aging drug

[TownieDeac]

http://news.sciencemag.org/biology/2015/09/feature-man-who-wants-beat-back-aging

On a blazingly hot morning this past June, a half-dozen scientists convened in a hotel conference room in suburban Maryland for the dress rehearsal of what they saw as a landmark event in the history of aging research. In a few hours, the group would meet with officials at the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), a few kilometers away, to pitch an unprecedented clinical trial—nothing less than the first test of a drug to specifically target the process of human aging.

“We think this is a groundbreaking, perhaps paradigm-shifting trial,” said Steven Austad, chairman of biology at the University of Alabama, Birmingham, and scientific director of the American Federation for Aging Research (AFAR). After Austad’s brief introductory remarks, a scientist named Nir Barzilai tuned up his PowerPoint and launched into a practice run of the main presentation.

 

[ImTheCaptain]

misread this and got really excited that OG was getting into the longevity business

 

[TownieDeac]

if ever there was a thread topic to bring OGD back from lurking it'd be this

 

[TheTwinAndreBen]

Lol UAB. What is the active ingredient? Dip Spit?

 

[61raddeac]

if ever there was a thread topic to bring OGD back from lurking it'd be this

Whatever happened to that guy?

 

[deacdiggler]

i just lengthened my useful lifespan by 2 minutes by NOT reading that article.

 

[marquee moon]

i just lengthened my useful lifespan by 2 minutes by NOT reading that article.

The man knows length

 

[deacdiggler]

shit. just gave 10 seconds of it back.