New York, Old age is a condition that no one likes. The story of the agony of aging fits humans perfectly. Yayati was the father of King Puru. Puru whose lineage continued up to Bhishma. King Shukra cursed Yayati to grow old. But even after 100 years he did not agree to go with Yamaraj. Yamaraj made a condition to him that if he took away the youth of any of his sons, he could become young again. Cellular aging can be reversed by chemical reprogramming
All the sons of Yayati refused to do so, so his younger son Puru donated his youth to him. Whatever the truth of the story may be, there is no doubt why we always want to stay young. Some offer everything from hair coloring to Botox, and from cutting-edge technology to oxygen therapy.
As the demand for staying young is high, Harvard University scientists have discovered a drug cocktail, the pill of which will make you very young. The study, titled ‘Chemical Induced Reprogramming to Reverse Cellular Aging’, was published on July 12 in the journal Aging, as reported by the New York Post. This means, only studies have been done to reverse cellular aging through chemical reprogramming.
Grateful to share our latest publication: We’ve previously shown age reversal is possible using gene therapy to turn on embryonic genes. Now we show it’s possible with chemical cocktails, a step towards affordable whole-body rejuvenation 1/17 https://t.co/J9c01lv5FQ
— David Sinclair (@davidasinclair) July 12, 2023
A team of researchers has discovered a combination of six chemicals that can reverse the aging process in human and mouse skin cells by several years. Harvard researcher David Sinclair also wrote on this in a Twitter thread, ‘We have previously seen how aging can be reversed using gene therapy, in which fetal genes (fetal genes) start working.
Now we know that this process is also possible with a chemical cocktail, which is a step towards total body rejuvenation, the main thing is, this process will not be very expensive. Sinclair said he and his team at Harvard Medical School have spent more than three years searching for molecules that can reverse cellular aging and regenerate human cells.
In his tweet, Sinclair wrote, ‘The results of the study on optic nerve, brain tissue, kidney and muscle are encouraging. Experiments on rats showed a reduction in their lifespan, and in April this year, monkeys also showed an improvement. As for humans, preparations for the first gene therapy trial to reverse aging are underway and are likely to begin by the end of next year.SS1MS