I listened to a podcast episode recently - I don't really listen to much of the podcast, but I had a 12 hr drive, and have enjoyed occasional episodes in the past.
The host is Eric Weinstein, who is himself a scientist and seems to be a rather sharp individual.
It takes _a while_ to get going. Eventually, however, the host has his brother explain a convoluted story where, basically, his brother (an extremely competent researcher and scientist) discovered a genetic anomily in all the mice used in labratories around the world.
Because the mice were bread with such a pressure on the population, the telemeres on their DNA were getting awkwardly long (or short? I don't remember) resulting in their cells being _unusually good at repairing themselves_ with a downside of under-reporting the incident-rate of cancer.
The discovery got sniped from him, when he started reaching out from other prominent researchers, and eventually the discovery was buried.
It seems plausible that he tripped across an extremely damaging fact, one that would have forced a broad re-evaluation of the risk of many substances and medications recognized as "safe" or "healthy".
Stuff like this long-term testosterone decrease, if it's indeed a bad thing (it might not be!) could be a result of that kind of scientific burying.
The host is Eric Weinstein, who is himself a scientist and seems to be a rather sharp individual.
https://theportal.wiki/wiki/19:_Bret_Weinstein_-_The_Predict...
It takes _a while_ to get going. Eventually, however, the host has his brother explain a convoluted story where, basically, his brother (an extremely competent researcher and scientist) discovered a genetic anomily in all the mice used in labratories around the world.
Because the mice were bread with such a pressure on the population, the telemeres on their DNA were getting awkwardly long (or short? I don't remember) resulting in their cells being _unusually good at repairing themselves_ with a downside of under-reporting the incident-rate of cancer.
The discovery got sniped from him, when he started reaching out from other prominent researchers, and eventually the discovery was buried.
It seems plausible that he tripped across an extremely damaging fact, one that would have forced a broad re-evaluation of the risk of many substances and medications recognized as "safe" or "healthy".
Stuff like this long-term testosterone decrease, if it's indeed a bad thing (it might not be!) could be a result of that kind of scientific burying.
Anyway - it was an interesting story.