Biotech Startup Claims, Genetic Reprogramming , Key to Longer Life.
'MIT Technology Review' reports that a small biotech firm claims the process of reprogramming rejuvenated old mice and extended their lives.
'MIT Technology Review' reports that a small biotech firm claims the process of reprogramming rejuvenated old mice and extended their lives.
The results suggest that one day humans could turn back their biological clocks by resetting cells to a younger state.
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The technology has attracted hundreds of millions in investment as a potential key to prolonging human life.
Previously, scientists have shown that the process works on individual cells in a laboratory setting.
Now, Rejuvenate Bio is trying to prove that the technology can be applied to living animals.
According to 'MIT Technology Review,' the results of Rejuvenate Bio's paper suggest that the process can indeed be used to extend the lives of animals.
According to Noah Davidsohn, Rejuvenate's chief scientific officer, the company uses gene therapy to add three powerful reprogramming genes to older mice.
The process reportedly doubled the lives of the mice injected with the experimental new genes.
This is a powerful technology, and here is the proof of concept.
I wanted to show that it’s actually something we can do in our elderly population, Noah Davidsohn, Rejuvenate's chief scientific officer, via 'MIT Technology Review'.
The technology has given rise to calls for caution as whole-body rejuvenation using gene therapy is still in very early stages and comes with huge risks.
The technology has given rise to calls for caution as whole-body rejuvenation using gene therapy is still in very early stages and comes with huge risks.
Rejuvenate Bio's work appears in a preprint paper on the website BioRxiv and has yet to be peer reviewed
