What the research examined
A laboratory report examined Epithalon in human fetal fibroblast cultures and described telomerase-related changes and telomere elongation. The subject of the experiment was a cultured cell population, not the lifespan of people.
How to interpret the findings
Human-derived cells should not be labeled a human clinical trial. Telomere measurements are not a direct measurement of organismal longevity, and this experiment does not establish the consequences of altering telomerase over long periods in an intact organism.
Research literature
- Epithalon peptide induces telomerase activity and telomere elongation in human somatic cells.
Bulletin of experimental biology and medicine · 2003 · PMID 12937682
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