Researchers found that psilocin—the compound your body makes after ingesting psilocybin—helped human cells live longer.
  • Etterra@discuss.onlineEnglish
    1·
    3 hours ago

    See I’ve never understood why people obsess about living longer. All those extra years come at the end, which is the adult diaper, memory loosing, decrepit part of life. It doesn’t stretch out the younger good parts, it just staves off death during the miserable part. Personally I’d rather just get it over with sooner with a nice, quick aneurysm in my sleep.

    • 🍉 Albert 🍉@lemmy.worldEnglish
      4·
      11 hours ago

      still need someone to explain me why a chemical that can make people happy has to be illegal.

      if there are also very dangerous, I get it. but if the risk is taking a long nap and changing your mind. then why would the government care?

      • jjagaimo@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
        3·
        8 hours ago

        The (US) government has a long history of outlawing useful, helpful or otherwise enjoyable things (MDMA, weed and psilocybin) while allowing more destructive things to proliferate (alcohol, opiates). Many governments worldwide still outlaw marijuana and some places will straight up execute people for it (singapore). Keeps the population in check and helped fuel conflict within the lower class to keep them from looking upward.

    • renrenPDX@lemmy.worldEnglish
      1·
      8 hours ago

      It’s not difficult to say, allow nature to do its thing and allow cubensis to grow naturally, in a shoebox.

      • MotoAsh@lemmy.worldEnglish
        10·
        1 day ago

        Their brains are literally wired wrong. They will not learn empathy, but assume they are capable of more than they are.

        • fantoozie@midwest.socialEnglish
          11·
          13 hours ago

          They’re evil; not biologically different. You too could be an evil rich fuck, but instead you’re just a stupid poor fuck.

  • Part4@infosec.pubEnglish
    458·
    2 days ago

    Oh look, it’s vice.com, so presumably these ‘scientists’ are from the University of Joe Rogan or U of Y(outube) or something.

    • AbnormalHumanBeing@lemmy.abnormalbeings.spaceEnglish
      45·
      2 days ago

      They do link to the actual study, which does not throw up any immediately obvious signs to be cautious for me, but I also couldn’t do the detailed work of deeper research myself. They reference a hypothesis that preceded the study, which they were trying to test with this. I don’t know if this is a case of bias or even manipulation at work, but at least at a superficial glance, it doesn’t immediately scream “total hacks doing unscientific things.”

  • jj4211@lemmy.worldEnglish
    161·
    1 day ago

    Good news, they find a treatment regimen that when applied to mice cause them to have a health span several times longer than the average health span of a mouse.

    Bad news, the treatment regimen when applied to humans causes them to have a health span several times longer than the average health span of a mouse.

    • MotoAsh@lemmy.worldEnglish
      3·
      1 day ago

      Twist: It was all relative to the life span of a lab mouse, whos life is a living hell in nine out of ten cases.

      Meaning… the results will only confirm that there are controlling substances that will allow a populace to endure literal torture, and enable the rich to literally take over the world NOT for efficacy but for sheer chemical complacency.

  • latenightnoir@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish
    182·
    2 days ago

    Please be a “yes,” please be a “yes…”

    Edit: WOO! It’s a "looks that way in cell cultures so far!"🥳

    • notabot@piefed.socialEnglish
      8·
      2 days ago

      I haven’t gone looking forthe souce paper, but from the article it looks like seretonin was the actual compound that’s having a beneficial effect, specifically serotonin outside the brain.

      • boydster@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
        5·
        2 days ago

        So how is a psychedelic pulling this off? The secret could be serotonin receptors found throughout the body, not just in the brain. When activated, they seem to trigger a cascade of effects that reduce stress, preserve DNA, and promote long-term cell health.

        They’re talking about psilocin’s activity at serotonin receptors, I’m pretty sure

        • notabot@piefed.socialEnglish
          3·
          2 days ago

          It’s a bit ambiguous, so you could be right, but I took it to mean that activation of the receptors was that active mechanism, regardless of cause. Psilicin is just the compound they’re focused on, and maybe it does activate them in some unique way that has this effect, but the summary didn’t make that clear.

          If there are alternative pathways to activate the receptors they may be better suited to thereputic use without the psycadelic side effects.