Science.org article: bones may secrete proteins that slow aging
A Science magazine report on bone-derived proteins and their possible role in extending lifespan circulates widely on Hacker News and social feeds.
What to know
- The core claim—bones may release proteins that slow aging and extend life span—comes from a Science.org article whose full content is not included in the available material.
- The story's spread is driven mainly by reposting: the same link circulated via Mastodon bots and a Hacker News submission rather than new reporting.
- The Hacker News discussion drew notable engagement (99 points, 21 comments), but no comment text is available to characterize the conversation's substance.
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Bot accounts and aggregators repost the HN discussion link
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> perhaps checking people that worked with pneumatic hammers or other vibration exposed workplaces.Those probably add too much variance. For example, someone working with pneumatic hammers likely works in construction and has a likelier chance to also be exposed to harmful dust, or being in the sun a lot, or getting injured on the job. It may also…
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It's said cats purr to strenghten their bones. Perhaps the mechanism is related. It would be interesting to see if besides exercise, vibration can trigger it in humans as well, perhaps checking people that worked with pneumatic hammers or other vibration exposed workplaces.
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It's amazing that exercise actually helps stimulate bone osteocytes. While electronic massage machines and all sorts of SNS viral products on the market were talking about things like muscle electrical stimulation, this will wipe out those kinds of quacks.
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Hacker News thread on the finding gains traction
The article is submitted to Hacker News and quickly accumulates a score of 99 with 21 comments, indicating strong reader interest in the claim.
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Science.org publishes article on bone-derived anti-aging proteins
Science magazine's account posts a link to an article titled "Bones may release proteins that slow aging and extend life span," introducing the finding to its audience.
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first by HN Best, 6d ago · also HN Frontpage
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In J.R.R. Tolkien's Lord of the Rings, Gollum ate bones and lived to be over 500 years. Coincidence?
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The feline purring for healing is in Margaret Atwood’s MaddAddam trilogy and I just blew it off as too fantastical, but I’m prepared to eat my words metaphorically speaking.
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After a broken foot, my mother was prescribed a vibrating Bone Healing machine. I thought it might be placebo, maybe not.
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> the findings are not “a demonstration of a new antiaging treatment for people,”Regardless, every other study shows only positives of lifting and regular exercise, so just do it!
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Soon we will have the technology to become mice and take advantage of the infinite wonders of these discoveries.
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do they release more when u break them because im great at that and people always guess my age way younger?
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It's always nice to get a new data point confirming that exercise and lifting is good your you, even better if it's through a new mechanism like this one.
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I’m probably too old to see any benefit from the coming anti aging treatments and societal turmoil. I’m ok with that. Getting old does suck though. The proteins in question are piezo1 and pigment epithelium-derived factor (PEDF).
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I wonder how much older adults could benefit from adding simple squats or sit-to-stands to their daily walking routine.
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If this were a mechanism that appeared under some kind of evolutionary pressure. What would that be? In which situations a normal mammal find its bones squished (but not crushed)? Or is it just a side effect of something else going on?