[HN Gopher] Hyperbaric oxygen therapy increases telomere length ... ___________________________________________________________________ Hyperbaric oxygen therapy increases telomere length in isolated blood cells Author : generalizations Score : 52 points Date : 2020-11-20 18:19 UTC (4 hours ago) (HTM) web link (www.aging-us.com) (TXT) w3m dump (www.aging-us.com) | im3w1l wrote: | So telomeres shortening has a useful purpose in preventing | runaway cell division right? So wouldn't artificially increasing | their lengths increase cancer incidence, unless combined with | other interventions for fighting cancer? | dfischer wrote: | Bret Weinstein has much to say about that. I have been meaning | to revisit his conclusions. Sorry I don't have a more specific | answer but I do remember very interesting things brought up by | him. | rbanffy wrote: | Were these results reproduced elsewhere? | JoshuaDavid wrote: | These results appear to be a partial reproduction / further | investigation of "Telomere elongation followed by telomere | length reduction, in leukocytes from divers exposed to intense | oxidative stress - Implications for tissue and organismal | aging" (http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/download?doi=10.1. | 1.208...). | ngvrnd wrote: | "in isolated blood cells" | multiplegeorges wrote: | You could try reading the article next time, rather than having | a hot take based on the headline. | | "The HBOT protocol was administrated in a Multiplace | Starmed-2700 chamber (HAUX, Germany). The protocol comprised of | 60 daily sessions, five sessions per week within a three-month | period. Each session included breathing 100% oxygen by mask at | 2ATA for 90 minutes with 5-minute air breaks every 20 minutes. | Compression/decompression rates were 1 meter/minute. During the | trial, neither lifestyle and diet changes, nor medications | adjustments were allowed." | Asooka wrote: | They could take your blood, treat it and put it back in. It | could have the same regenerative effect as injecting blood from | a younger person. | jcims wrote: | Net/net it's probably safer to put a pint of blood into a | hyperbaric machine than a complete human. | [deleted] | api wrote: | Hyperbaric oxygen isn't new, so I am putting this in the grey | basket until I see it replicated. 25% telomere length increase | and a senloytic effect just from breathing more O2 seems... | weird. Not impossible, but weird that we would not have noticed | such a thing yet. ___________________________________________________________________ (page generated 2020-11-20 23:00 UTC)