# Passing of Dr. Misha Blagoskonny **URL:** \ **Category:** General\ **Created:** [October 1, 2024, 8:29pm UTC](https://www.rapamycin.news/t/passing-of-dr-misha-blagoskonny/16658 "2024-10-01T20:29:21Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![helenas](https://www.rapamycin.news/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/h/9f8e36/32.png) [@helenas](https://www.rapamycin.news/u/helenas)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2024, 8:29pm UTC](https://www.rapamycin.news/t/passing-of-dr-misha-blagoskonny/16658/1 "2024-10-01T20:29:21Z")
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**Author:** ![A\_User](https://www.rapamycin.news/user_avatar/www.rapamycin.news/a_user/32/40991_2.png) [@A\_User](https://www.rapamycin.news/u/A_User)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2024, 9:30pm UTC](https://www.rapamycin.news/t/passing-of-dr-misha-blagoskonny/16658/2 "2024-10-01T21:30:32Z")
Rest in peace Dr. Misha Blagoskonny! Thank you for your work! đŸ«Ą ---
**Author:** ![CronosTempi](https://www.rapamycin.news/user_avatar/www.rapamycin.news/cronostempi/32/2504_2.png) [@CronosTempi](https://www.rapamycin.news/u/CronosTempi)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2024, 10:19pm UTC](https://www.rapamycin.news/t/passing-of-dr-misha-blagoskonny/16658/3 "2024-10-01T22:19:35Z")
First Dr. Green, now Blagoskonny. RIP. Much respect for all the work and the passion to help humanity in the quest to age better. ---
**Author:** ![Joseph\_Lavelle](https://www.rapamycin.news/user_avatar/www.rapamycin.news/joseph_lavelle/32/29812_2.png) [@Joseph\_Lavelle](https://www.rapamycin.news/u/Joseph_Lavelle)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2024, 10:53pm UTC](https://www.rapamycin.news/t/passing-of-dr-misha-blagoskonny/16658/4 "2024-10-01T22:53:49Z")
Dang. Too soon. Thanks for all your work! RIP ---
**Author:** ![Agetron](https://www.rapamycin.news/user_avatar/www.rapamycin.news/agetron/32/40772_2.png) [@Agetron](https://www.rapamycin.news/u/Agetron)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2024, 10:57pm UTC](https://www.rapamycin.news/t/passing-of-dr-misha-blagoskonny/16658/5 "2024-10-01T22:57:17Z")
Amazing researcher. Blagosklonny’s article on rapamycin for longevity over 4 years ago gave me the motivation to start rapamycin. And, I used it as evidence to convince my Personal Physician to start me on a rapamycin prescription. Link: [Rapamycin for longevity: opinion article - PMC](https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6814615/) Still a widely published piece
 and comes up at the top of a Google search on rapamycin. He probably gave me 20 -25 more healthy years. Already benefited from the last 4 years immensely. Thanks Misha. ---
**Author:** ![LaraPo](https://www.rapamycin.news/user_avatar/www.rapamycin.news/larapo/32/36179_2.png) [@LaraPo](https://www.rapamycin.news/u/LaraPo)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2024, 10:58pm UTC](https://www.rapamycin.news/t/passing-of-dr-misha-blagoskonny/16658/6 "2024-10-01T22:58:58Z")
Very sad news. Dr Green and Mikhail Blagosklonny connected by the common denominator (Rapamycin), passed just a few days apart. Nothing can beat cancer. So discouraging. ---
**Author:** ![Roundabout](https://www.rapamycin.news/user_avatar/www.rapamycin.news/roundabout/32/8324_2.png) [@Roundabout](https://www.rapamycin.news/u/Roundabout)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2024, 12:03am UTC](https://www.rapamycin.news/t/passing-of-dr-misha-blagoskonny/16658/7 "2024-10-02T00:03:21Z")
They found a mass in his lung in 1991 and 8 years later it had no change. He proposed the cancer was slowed by taking tapa but there is no way to definitely know > **[Oncoscience | My battle with cancer. Part 1](https://www.oncoscience.us/article/593/text/)** > > https://doi.org/10.18632/oncoscience.593 Mikhail V. Blagosklonny ---
**Author:** ![DeStrider](https://www.rapamycin.news/user_avatar/www.rapamycin.news/destrider/32/19418_2.png) [@DeStrider](https://www.rapamycin.news/u/DeStrider)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2024, 12:24am UTC](https://www.rapamycin.news/t/passing-of-dr-misha-blagoskonny/16658/8 "2024-10-02T00:24:22Z")
Another great passes on. We all know that Rapamycin cannot eliminate cancer, but it is conjectured that it can slow it down. I know that Dr. B was trying a lot of alternative therapies to try and get rid of his cancer, but in the end they just weren’t effective. Cancer is one tough nut to crack. R.I.P. Dr. B. Your optimism and insightful thoughts will surely be missed. We honor your memory here. ![image](https://www.rapamycin.news/uploads/default/original/3X/f/c/fc81199903d683ed1a90d40d06b4995b79ec706f.png) ---
**Author:** ![Montobon](https://www.rapamycin.news/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/3da27b/32.png) [@Montobon](https://www.rapamycin.news/u/Montobon)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2024, 12:29am UTC](https://www.rapamycin.news/t/passing-of-dr-misha-blagoskonny/16658/9 "2024-10-02T00:29:35Z")
Dr green and now misha at fairly average ages
we sure this rapamycin thing is working out? N=2
but
.just saying ---
**Author:** ![CronosTempi](https://www.rapamycin.news/user_avatar/www.rapamycin.news/cronostempi/32/2504_2.png) [@CronosTempi](https://www.rapamycin.news/u/CronosTempi)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2024, 12:57am UTC](https://www.rapamycin.news/t/passing-of-dr-misha-blagoskonny/16658/10 "2024-10-02T00:57:17Z")
Classically this is unhealthy user bias. When people have a disease they tend to look for ways to manage it, often by using medication or supplements. But because their health is compromised, they tend to have higher morbidity and mortality than those who do not use that medication or supplement. If you surveyed all big bandage users, you’d find more wounds among them than those who don’t use bandages in that period of time. This doesn’t mean bandages cause wounds, it’s a case of reverse causality. But if we are talking about the PR aspect wrt. rapamycin, then yes, this is a big negative to have a prominent advocate and user pass away prematurely. But the health context matters, speaking of which, I hope Matt Kaeberlein is hale and hearty! ---
**Author:** ![KarlT](https://www.rapamycin.news/user_avatar/www.rapamycin.news/karlt/32/12733_2.png) [@KarlT](https://www.rapamycin.news/u/KarlT)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2024, 3:02am UTC](https://www.rapamycin.news/t/passing-of-dr-misha-blagoskonny/16658/11 "2024-10-02T03:02:29Z")
> [@LaraPo](#): > > Nothing can beat cancer. So discouraging. So true. We all work hard to do all we can for health span and longevity but cancer can nullify all of that. It frequently comes to mind at work when I see a young otherwise healthy person with cancer. ---
**Author:** ![Jack09](https://www.rapamycin.news/user_avatar/www.rapamycin.news/jack09/32/34388_2.png) [@Jack09](https://www.rapamycin.news/u/Jack09)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2024, 10:12am UTC](https://www.rapamycin.news/t/passing-of-dr-misha-blagoskonny/16658/12 "2024-10-02T10:12:35Z")
rip. one day we will conquer cancer, rage against the dying of the light ---
**Author:** ![nikney](https://www.rapamycin.news/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/n/e0b2c6/32.png) [@nikney](https://www.rapamycin.news/u/nikney)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2024, 12:10pm UTC](https://www.rapamycin.news/t/passing-of-dr-misha-blagoskonny/16658/13 "2024-10-02T12:10:03Z")
Sometimes patients die from complications related to classical cancer treatments. We do not know which chemotherapy or radiotherapy they received or which surgeries they had; all of these have serious mortality effects. ---
**Author:** ![Steve\_Combi](https://www.rapamycin.news/user_avatar/www.rapamycin.news/steve_combi/32/23927_2.png) [@Steve\_Combi](https://www.rapamycin.news/u/Steve_Combi)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2024, 1:28pm UTC](https://www.rapamycin.news/t/passing-of-dr-misha-blagoskonny/16658/14 "2024-10-02T13:28:29Z")
Only 2 things in life are guaranteed, death and taxes. So far no one has cheated death. ---
**Author:** ![Steve\_Combi](https://www.rapamycin.news/user_avatar/www.rapamycin.news/steve_combi/32/23927_2.png) [@Steve\_Combi](https://www.rapamycin.news/u/Steve_Combi)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2024, 1:31pm UTC](https://www.rapamycin.news/t/passing-of-dr-misha-blagoskonny/16658/15 "2024-10-02T13:31:14Z")
Always enjoyed reading his papers and posts on twitter. He was a big part of why we started Rap. Condolences to his family and co-workers. ---
**Author:** ![helenas](https://www.rapamycin.news/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/h/9f8e36/32.png) [@helenas](https://www.rapamycin.news/u/helenas)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2024, 2:00pm UTC](https://www.rapamycin.news/t/passing-of-dr-misha-blagoskonny/16658/16 "2024-10-02T14:00:36Z")
a really good piece
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**Author:** ![helenas](https://www.rapamycin.news/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/h/9f8e36/32.png) [@helenas](https://www.rapamycin.news/u/helenas)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2024, 2:05pm UTC](https://www.rapamycin.news/t/passing-of-dr-misha-blagoskonny/16658/17 "2024-10-02T14:05:17Z")
what’s the denominator? nature is stochastic to a certain degree. i have a family history of cancer. one exampl, a relative of mine, who is by all conventional ‘research’ and ‘health’ consensus probably one of the top healthiest people of her age group in the world. a doctor who lived remotely with native tribes out in the backcountry, eating only wild fish and game (wild salmon, moose, caribou, halibut), wild berries, hiking all the time, drinking pure spring water, does yoga and fitness. now in her 70’s, she has cancer. no environmental history either. you could argue that the ‘eat healthy and exercise’ dogma ain’t working out so well. n = 1 (and more with my family) already
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**Author:** ![CronosTempi](https://www.rapamycin.news/user_avatar/www.rapamycin.news/cronostempi/32/2504_2.png) [@CronosTempi](https://www.rapamycin.news/u/CronosTempi)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2024, 3:50pm UTC](https://www.rapamycin.news/t/passing-of-dr-misha-blagoskonny/16658/18 "2024-10-02T15:50:57Z")
FWIW, I’ve seen scientific estimates that about 30% or so of all cancers are beyond your control. So even if you get all your ducks in a row, you still have a 30% chance of getting cancer. As the wise saying goes, “it is better to be lucky than good”. To be fair, Blagoskonny wasn’t a paragon of getting everything right healthwise, since apparently he was a persistent smoker at some point. Tobacco products are known powerful carcinogens among other deleterious effects. No judgement on that and we don’t know if his smoking was connected with the cancer, but when you roll the dice, sometimes it comes up bad. In any case, just because cancer cannot be prevented by anything currently under our control doesn’t mean we should therefore not take control of that which we do have access to. It’s the best we can do until science solves cancer, hopefully soon. ---
**Author:** ![Montobon](https://www.rapamycin.news/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/3da27b/32.png) [@Montobon](https://www.rapamycin.news/u/Montobon)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2024, 4:37pm UTC](https://www.rapamycin.news/t/passing-of-dr-misha-blagoskonny/16658/19 "2024-10-02T16:37:03Z")
Of course. I’m more just making light of the irony
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**Author:** ![helenas](https://www.rapamycin.news/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/h/9f8e36/32.png) [@helenas](https://www.rapamycin.news/u/helenas)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2024, 6:52pm UTC](https://www.rapamycin.news/t/passing-of-dr-misha-blagoskonny/16658/20 "2024-10-02T18:52:45Z")
yea i don’t think twice about physicians/researchers whose personal lifestyle may not line up with their focus area. it’s not unobvious that plenty of researchers and doctors don’t take care of their own health. it’s one reason i left the field professionally-I couldn’t maintain the same level of fitness/health I expected from myself working in that profession (being on call one of the worst). [Next page](https://www.rapamycin.news/t/passing-of-dr-misha-blagoskonny/16658.md?page=2)