Matt Kaeberlein resigns from Academy for Health and Lifespan Research, calls David Sinclair a snake oil salesman

Er… right. Like there always is for any vaccine. Like, the 30,000-person randomized, placebo-controlled Phase 3 trial for the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine:
https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa2113017

… and the 44 thousand-person Phase 3 trial for the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine:

https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa2110345

… and the similar trials for the J&J and Oxford/AstraZeneca vaccine — or just recently the new GSK and Pfizer RSV vaccines:
https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa2209604
https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa2213836

Even the polio and smallpox vaccines had trials. The days of Edward Jenner and the milkmaids are long past, thankfully.

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I am pretty sure I have mentioned that to Bicep before so I don’t know how well the second time will work.
It is interesting if people know they are making false claims.

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I have only watched the first couple of minutes, but Matt has now released an episode of his Optispan podcast on the failed dog trial and ensuing hype that led to his recent, very public rebuke:

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No: he’s upset because Dr. Sinclair uses the term “reversal”, when in reality the protocol promotes nothing — other than supplement sales.

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Awwwww, AnUser, come on…
Here, maybe a few Kansel quotes will cheer you up…make you feel more centered and normal.
“well if rapa increases bad cholesterol, as some are saying why would anyone do rapa. There has been so many substances that supposedly increased life span in mice and fruit flies etc… but none have been proven to be effective in humans, at least up to now. Rapa i thing is the same, just a fad like resveratrol etc…”

“Just my two cents…There is a rich tech dude (forgot his name) that is spending $2M a year in longevity stuff but he has turned himself in walking/talking zombie. If I looked and sounded like him (post his regimens, because before he used to be healthy looking dude) I doubt I’d want to extend my life. LOL”

“Comparing supplements to cancer is not apples to apples.”

“eat three meals per day and then snack between meals holly shit whoever came up with this should be hung on town square, you should always make sure you get protein, healthy fats, and carbs each day, holly crap this guy should at least get life in jail without a chance of parole, and then the one that said the most important meal of the day is breakfast should be castrated, his balls should be pickled, he should be hung upside down from the ceiling and fed his pickled balls for the rest of his life hahaa). I’m sure I’ve made my point, if not then you might force me to go into my favorite subject/rant- the so-called “scientists” LOL”

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I agree that that’s a general problem, but it doesn’t apply in this case. There was simply no effect of the supplement demonstrated, period.

Statins can use up CoQ10 and vitamin K2 but ultimately they have a net benefit for longevity and you can always supplement. The same logic applies to rapamycin as you can always take a statin to compensate for cholesterol increases.

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Guessing Harvard will oust him soon. Just too much controversy surrounding this guy.

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Daily Mail is not a reliable source, like the following statement is false:

Dr David Sinclair, professor of genetics at Harvard Medical School, has been hit with allegations of pushing bogus antiaging drugs over the last decade - including one he was paid $720million to develop by pharma giant GlaxoSmithKline.

Technically it isn’t false since there are allegations that are.

This has now hit the Wall Street Journal:

https://www.wsj.com/health/wellness/david-sinclair-longevity-aging-criticism-645fddc5?st=p76jqlax4wdekdl

One new thing:

Dr. Nir Barzilai, the new president of the Academy for Health and Lifespan Research … said Sinclair’s comment about the dog research and his commercial interest in Animal Biosciences crossed a line. “The data is not good, you’re calling it the wrong thing, and then you’re selling it,” he said. “The selling is a step too far.”

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Yes - we had a separate discussion on the recent WSJ article. See here: Star Scientist’s Claim of ‘Reverse Aging’ Draws Hail of Criticism (WSJ)

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