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FYI: Peter Attia (MD) is already taking Rapa himself. And he appears to be increasingly convinced it's effective in humans.

I'd like to see life extension become a bigger industry than advertising within my lifetime.



Yes, he talked extensively about rapamycin on the recent Tim Ferriss show podcast, in terms of its potential to extend lifetime. [1]

Also, scientist who has found this compound and saved it in his freezer to be used for transplants rejection problems, applied rapamycin on himself when he was given 6m to live prognosis based on late stage cancer he had. He lived 5 more years, and died short after he stopped taking rapamycin, to prove it was responsible for the cure. Amazing story.

[1] https://tim.blog/2021/06/08/peter-attia-2/


I know a guy who was given 3 months and lived 4 years without rapamycin. So…


Well, if your life is extended, it'll definitely happen within your lifetime ;)


lookup Alan Green. The original OG. A doctor that actually prescribes rapamycin for his patients.

If you wanna go deeper, lookup papers by Blagosklonny ok rapamycin. It’s fascinating stuff.

Also, do you know about the Dog Aging Project? yup Rapamycin trials on dogs.




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