Pre-announcement Announcement
Life Extension Foundation has just announced that next week they are going to announce a partnership with the Young Blood Institute for what is perhaps the most ambitious human trial of anti-aging medicine ever. It’s a daring project, with what is IMO a most promising target. But I find details of their protocol puzzling, and haven’t been able to get satisfying answers from LEF or from YBI about why they’ve made the choices they have, and how they will be able to learn from the project.
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