In molecular biologist David Sinclair's lab at Harvard Medical School, old mice are
growing young again.
Using proteins that can turn an adult cell into a stem cell, Sinclair and his team have
reset aging cells in mice to earlier versions of themselves. In his team's first breakthrough, published in late 2020old mice with poor eyesight and damaged retinas could suddenly see again, with vision
that at times rivaled their offspring's.
"It's a permanent reset, as far as we can tell, and we think it may be a universal process
that could be applied across the body to reset our age," said Sinclair, who has spent the last
20 years studying ways to reverse the ravages of time.
"If we reverse aging, these diseases should not happen. We have the technology today to
be able to go into your hundreds without worrying about getting cancer in your 70s, heart
disease in your 80s, and Alzheimer's in your 90s." Sinclair told an audience at Life Itself,
a health and wellness event presented in partnership with CNN.
"This is the world that is coming. It's literally a question of when and for most of us, it's
going to happen in our lifetimes," Sinclair told the audience. Read More…
Allan’s Comments: As I get older the whole science of longevity intrigues me even more.
Advances in this field are coming rapidly which is awesome as I am only 65.
That being said, I don’t want to live a long life if I am not a functioning human being. I don’t
want to be in a bed waiting for someone to change my diapers.
This article and many other things going on in this field give me hope that with a longer life
what could happen as well is better-working organs, and joints.
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