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Prediction Didn’t hold up
Sinclair: Team May Reverse Aging in Humans Within 18 Months
“In Canada, we have a non-human primate study for safety to see how that goes, and within the next 18 months, if all goes well, we will be reversing aging in a human, if all goes well.”
Dr. David Sinclair May 3, 2022 ▶ 1:11:01 David Sinclair: Reversing the Aging Process
Assertion Contradicted
Sinclair: Cellular Autophagy Requires Three Days of Fasting to Activate
“But once you've gone more than three days, there's a special type of recycling of proteins that's very beneficial called autophagy or autophagy. And that takes about three days.”
Dr. David Sinclair May 3, 2022 ▶ 15:05 David Sinclair: Reversing the Aging Process
Assertion Contradicted
Sinclair: Depriving rats of sleep for two weeks causes diabetes
“If you stop a rat from sleeping for just two weeks, it will develop diabetes.”
Dr. David Sinclair May 3, 2022 ▶ 38:46 David Sinclair: Reversing the Aging Process
Assertion Contradicted
Sinclair: Someone in the US breaks a hip every 19 seconds
“Every 19 seconds, in the US at least, someone breaks their hip.”
Dr. David Sinclair May 3, 2022 ▶ 1:18:28 David Sinclair: Reversing the Aging Process
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