{"id":188348,"date":"2024-04-29T12:24:48","date_gmt":"2024-04-29T17:24:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2024\/04\/a-longevity-researcher-is-facing-backlash-for-claiming-to-reverse-aging-scientists-say-theres-no-consensus-on-what-it-means"},"modified":"2024-04-29T12:24:48","modified_gmt":"2024-04-29T17:24:48","slug":"a-longevity-researcher-is-facing-backlash-for-claiming-to-reverse-aging-scientists-say-theres-no-consensus-on-what-it-means","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2024\/04\/a-longevity-researcher-is-facing-backlash-for-claiming-to-reverse-aging-scientists-say-theres-no-consensus-on-what-it-means","title":{"rendered":"A longevity researcher is facing backlash for claiming to \u2018reverse aging.\u2019 Scientists say there\u2019s no consensus on what it means"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"aligncenter blog-photo\" href=\"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog.images\/a-longevity-researcher-is-facing-backlash-for-claiming-to-reverse-aging-scientists-say-theres-no-consensus-on-what-it-means.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Harvard researcher Dr. David Sinclair has found himself at the center of controversy within the longevity community.<\/p>\n<p>Sinclair has been a poster child of the longevity movement for years. He\u2019s built several biotechnology companies focused on reversing the effects of aging, won <a href=\"https:\/\/sinclair.hms.harvard.edu\/people\/david-sinclair\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\"> acclaim for his research<\/a>, and cultivated a loyal base of fans who swear by his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.businessinsider.com\/morning-routine-longevity-expert-david-sinclair-reversed-biological-age-2023-6\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\"> lifestyle tips<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>He\u2019s also earned his share of critics who say his research isn\u2019t always backed up by sufficient evidence. But over the past months, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/health\/wellness\/david-sinclair-longevity-aging-criticism-645fddc5\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\"> The Wall Street Journal<\/a> reported that Sinclair has been battling a new level of backlash from colleagues and researchers who say his claims on curing aging have gone too far.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Harvard researcher Dr. David Sinclair has found himself at the center of controversy within the longevity community. Sinclair has been a poster child of the longevity movement for years. He\u2019s built several biotechnology companies focused on reversing the effects of aging, won acclaim for his research, and cultivated a loyal base of fans who swear [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":511,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11,269],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-188348","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-biotech-medical","category-life-extension"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/188348","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/511"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=188348"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/188348\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=188348"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=188348"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=188348"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}