"In the laboratory of molecular biologist David Sinclair at Harvard Medical School, the elderly mice regaining their youth," reports CNN:
Using proteins that can turn an adult cell into a stem cell, Sinclair et al team have succeeded in restoring senescent cells in mice.
In the first discovery of his team, which published in late 2020, older mice with poor eyesight and damaged retinas could suddenly see again, with vision in younger individuals.
"It's a permanent reset, as far as we can tell, and we think it might be a universal process that could be applied throughout the body to restore the age us," said Sinclair, who has spent the past 20 years studying ways to reverse the ravages of time.
"If we reverse aging, all these diseases should not concern us. We have the technology today to be able to reach your age so you do not have to worry about getting cancer in your 70s, heart disease in your 80s and Alzheimer's in your 90s. ”
Sinclair mentioned the above to an audience at Life Itself, a health and wellness event presented at cooperation with CNN.
"This is the world to come. "It's literally a question of when that could happen to most of us," Sinclair told the public. .
The scientist reports that it is based on research of the Japanese Dr. Shinya Yamanaka (who in 2007 won the award Nobel).
A basic warning:
"Studies on whether the genetic rejuvenation of mice can do the same for humans are in the early stages," said Sinclair.
"It will be years before the human trials are completed, analyzed and, if safe and successful, a federal seal of approval will be required to escalate en masse."
