Scientists say they've reversed brain aging with a simple nasal spray

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2026/05/260526022018.htm

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RePsyche@lemmy.world · 31 pts · 85d (5 replies)

The article doesn’t cite, and I’m pretty sure this is the research they are referring to:

Intranasal Human NSC-Derived EVs Therapy Can Restrain Inflammatory Microglial Transcriptome, and NLRP3 and cGAS-STING Signalling, in Aged

https://isevjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/jev2.70232

NotSteve_@lemmy.ca · 29 pts · 85d (1 reply)

I wish there was a good middle ground between clickbait pop science and the raw scientific research paper that has more words and acronyms I don't know than do

SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca · 2 pts · 85d

Good KT sites written by scientists exist.

https://en.hdbuzz.net/

Mouselemming@sh.itjust.works · 18 pts · 85d (2 replies)

So... in 20-month-old mice.

The OP article doesn't get around to saying they aren't ready for human trials until you've scrolled most of the way down, leading the casual reader to think the participants were human.

massive_bereavement@fedia.io · 10 pts · 85d (1 reply)

Instead of an illustration of a cosmos human brain shooting lasers out of it, it should have been a cosmos mouse brain instead.

Mouselemming@sh.itjust.works · 3 pts · 85d

Exactly!

SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca · 17 pts · 85d

Clickbait. Third tier journal, all in mice.

Zier@fedia.io · 17 pts · 85d (4 replies)

That's not how cocaine works.

Aussiemandeus@aussie.zone · 2 pts · 84d (3 replies)

Have enough of it and you can turn the world backwards and reverse time for everyone

Zier@fedia.io · 2 pts · 84d (2 replies)

Is this your alt profile Superman? You know you're not allowed to do that again. earth spin

Aussiemandeus@aussie.zone · 2 pts · 84d (1 reply)

Nah but I'll admit to seeing the comic not long before i made the comment

Zier@fedia.io · 1 pts · 84d

No worries!

deliriousdreams@fedia.io · 7 pts · 85d

Now reduce joint aging. With the spray preferably but it's not a deal breaker for me.

captainlezbian@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 85d

Bullshit. Happy to be proven wrong, but bullshit

WolfLink@sh.itjust.works · 2 pts · 85d

I say I’ve attained immortality with just a spoonful of snake oil a day. I’ll sell it to you along with my self-help DvD series for only $99.99 / month!