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- longevity
- cross-posted to:
- longevity
Age Reversal Breakthrough: Harvard/MIT Discovery Could Enable Whole-Body Rejuvenation::In a pioneering study, researchers from Harvard Medical School, University of Maine, and MIT have introduced a chemical method for reversing cellular aging. This revolutionary approach offers a potential alternative to gene therapy for age reversal. The findings could transform treatments for age-re
Biochemist here, It’s almost certainly an overhyped study. The operative term being used here is “potentially” full body rejuvenation is possible. It doesn’t address issues such as administration of the therapy in tissues with virtually no turnover rate, including cardiac tissue, skeletal muscle, and nervous tissue. You cannot renew something that the body doesn’t naturally replace via the cell cycle.
“Thus, rejuvenation by age reversal can be achieved, not only by genetic, but also chemical means.”
https://doi.org/10.18632/aging.204896
– Journal of Aging