I was thinking that as Fluoroquinolones(FQs) can be safely assumed to accelerate aging and that we should do a cooperative fundraiser with FQ orgs to more fully describe the life shortening /pro aging effects of FQs in rodents. No FQ that I'm aware of is the only option for any pathogen. If anything the other options just aren't as widely recognized or known. For this study we may even be able to generate enough money to use more rodents. We'll definitely want to use wild type rodents though, I don't think that immune compromised rodents would work given the ABX nature of FQs. We will however have more organizations to fundraise through and should be able to afford to run this for the full lifespan of the control group.
In any case, what do you all think about doing a cooperative fundraiser and some research on this topic to widen LongeCity's appeal?
Feel free to add anyone you feel might be an asset to the conversation, if there's interest, I'll start contacting FQ orgs and see if we can organize a cooperative fundraiser. It mostly looks like personal blogs, I don't think there is a Floxy forum or community like what we have, but it could be an opportunity to build one for them and start saving these people from the ravages of early aging. It seems there are lots of ways to safely treat this beyond just taking ALCAR and and CoQ10 which seem to be mostly ineffective. As we know, there are several conjugation variants of ALCAR that have different targets, there won't be a silver bullet for mopping up systemic FQ damage, it's going to have to be lots of bullets and a broad nontoxic approach. Doing something like megadosing on aspirin is just going to cause further liver damage etc... this whole situation needs to be improved IMO and we're the org to do it.
Anyone have any suggestions for orgs to contact?