As promised, I did get the opportunity to talk with Yelena Budovskaya, Ph.D. Stanford. Our chat was delightful and covered her TruMe test, and aspects of longevity related to rapamycin & HGH. Going to share that conversation with you now.
Beginning with my TruMe test results showing an 11 years 7 month difference between my biological age and my chronological age.
Yelena is quite honest that my test results are very impressive and is atypical based on her years of testing others ranging from the 30 to 80 years old. If looking at the percentile of people that are at my kind of age difference level, she said I’m in the 99th percentile. Pretty astounding.
That said, Yelena cautions that not everybody might get the same results as I have from the use of rapamycin, an immune modulating substance. So many variables are at present in the population.
Factors for maximum benefits can include at what age you begin, your genetic makeup, your fitness and exercise level, diet, the dosage and frequency of rapamycin use. And, even the quality of the rapamycin that you are using… if you’re not getting your rapamycin directly under a physician supervision through a pharmacy.
Yelena is very sincere in her concern about individuals doing experimenting with this autoimmune medications like rapamycin unsupervised. It is very possible that the use of rapamycin for some people can be be more harmful and dosing levels should not be taken lightly. Can definitely do more harm than good in some cases.
That said, we all realize how difficult it can be to find a physician that might align with your longevity interest. And, support your usage of such medications like rapamycin, hgh and hormone replacement- to name a few.
I was surprised to find out that she is currently in collaboration with Matt Kaeberlein and trying to tease out results those from taking rapamycin and utilizing her TruMe test. What the actual benefits may or may not be… she contends it is difficult work to identify what is happening in each unique person.
I did mention that Matt has been taking rapamycin for a number of years and is a strong advocate of rapamycin’s anti-aging - longevity benefits. I inquired is taking rapamycin something that she is doing or would consider?
Actually, she has thought about it quite a lot. And, my testing results makes an even stronger case as a potential longevity option. But, currently she is in a clinical trial with NAD, and has promised not to supplement with anything until that is completed.
However, once that is completed, she is strongly thinking about going on rapamycin. I would like to see her baseline test… then at 6 months use and then after a year’s use. 
I highly recommended to her several times that she come to the rapamycin.news website so that she can ask questions, and get information from the members.
Also, looking at human growth hormone HGH, she believes that it could be contributing to my additional restored benefits. The recent bump based on a rejuvenated thymus. She’s familiar with Dr. Fahy’s work. Again, as with other medications, you want to make sure you’re getting quality material and under a physician’s supervision. She doesn’t disagree that, a short term use of HGH to rejuvenate the thymus could provide benefits for some people. Dr. Fahy recommends a full year.
As a scientist, she wants to help people with their personal longevity quest. And, therefore, she offers her TruMe lab’s spit sample - methylation DNA biological test as cost affordable as possible, to help people navigate their aging process and have positive effects on it. Link: trumelabs.com
She is looking at a future blood test, but obviously more infrastructure is required for testing… but even more information can be culled from blood samples. That’s in the future she hopes.
In closing, Yelena is a knowledgeable, relatable, down-to-earth, enjoyable person. In the caliber of Matt Kaeberlein, thorough in her research, truthful about results and is driven by the evidence. And, has a great sense of humor too. I easily could have gone on for hours. Was thankful for the time she did provide me. She offers a free consult with her test. Incredible. This was my second interaction in 4 years. We covered a lot of ground… learned more than I can relate in a message here.
@Krister_Kauppi…have you thought about an interview with Yelena? If interested I have her direct contact info.
