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Is longevity science overhyped? | Professor Charles Brenner, PhD

The Proof with Simon Hill

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The Importance of Conflicts of Interest

We're not aware of other products or creams that have shown a 25% increase in elasticity in eight weeks, but we've not formally shown that it's due to our quote active. So how would you make a claim that something extends lifespan in humans? You would enroll people that are 105 years old and do a long enough trial to see the rate at which they're dying. I don't know how anyone could really be making claims about lifespan extension. Healthy aging is something less extrapolating from animal models. But then all of those data are pretty equivocal.

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