Telomere lengthening via gene therapy in a human individual
I&#x27;ve gotten about 60 messages about Liz Parrish&#x27;s outfit and the test on herself to lengthen her telomeres.<p>I don&#x27;t think there&#x27;s any substance to any of her claims and life extension.<p>A few very critical questions:<p>1&#x2F; What if anything does telomere lengthening have to do with life extension? (It&#x27;s multi-factorial) Correlation is not causation.. See: <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov&#x2F;pubmed&#x2F;25862531" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov&#x2F;pubmed&#x2F;25862531</a><p>2&#x2F; Why did she use a lab that&#x27;s on quackwatch to do the tests? (<a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.quackwatch.org&#x2F;01QuackeryRela…&#x2F;…&#x2F;nonstandard.html" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.quackwatch.org&#x2F;01QuackeryRela…&#x2F;…&#x2F;nonstandard.html</a>)<p>3&#x2F; Haven&#x27;t we already proven telomere lengthening and muscle hacks in animal models?<p>4&#x2F; What type of AAV is she using to transfect her cells with telomerase? (Take a look at the animal studies: <a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.nature.com&#x2F;mt&#x2F;journal&#x2F;v18&#x2F;n3&#x2F;full&#x2F;mt2009286a.html" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.nature.com&#x2F;mt&#x2F;journal&#x2F;v18&#x2F;n3&#x2F;full&#x2F;mt2009286a.html</a>, <a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;virologyj.biomedcentral.com&#x2F;…&#x2F;10.1186&#x2F;1743-422X-10-74" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;virologyj.biomedcentral.com&#x2F;…&#x2F;10.1186&#x2F;1743-422X-10-74</a>)<p>5&#x2F; How many cells had their telomeres lengthened? (I bet you it was a petty amount.....100 to 1 says they&#x27;re not all that good at actually delivering genes)<p>There&#x27;s actual chemists&#x2F;biologists busting their ass at places like genentech and top research universities to solve missing mendelian inheritance the long difficult way.<p>They&#x27;re true pioneers staring down the barrel of a gun loaded with the world&#x27;s most difficult NP-Hard problems. This Parrish outfit steals their thunder.<p>Aging isn&#x27;t something you can simply disrupt with a silicon valley mindset.<p>I&#x27;ve met organic chemists who have spent upwards of 30 years developing drugs and haven&#x27;t put a single drug on the market. Their work was still super valuable.