Posted on 11/29/2010 9:18:29 PM PST by djf
Harvard scientists were surprised that they saw a dramatic reversal, not just a slowing down, of the ageing in mice. Now they believe they might be able to regenerate human organs Scientists claim to be a step closer to reversing the ageing process after rejuvenating worn out organs in elderly mice. The experimental treatment developed by researchers at the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Harvard Medical School, turned weak and feeble old mice into healthy animals by regenerating their aged bodies. The surprise recovery of the animals has raised hopes among scientists that it may be possible to achieve a similar feat in humans – or at least to slow down the ageing process.
(Excerpt) Read more at guardian.co.uk ...
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Good lord... Don’t let CONGRESS get a hold of it!
We’d be stuck with some old dems much longer than we care for.
Good lord... Don’t let CONGRESS get a hold of it!
We’d be stuck with some old dems much longer than we care for.
Helen Thomas is up in Cambridge camped out a hotel waiting her turn for treatment.
Helen Thomas is up in Cambridge camped out a hotel waiting her turn for treatment.
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They said mice, they didn’t say rats.
bump: I don’t want to look like willie nelson or dr laura
I for one am fascinated by this.
We’d be stuck with some old dems much longer than we care for.”
...Too Funny!
I’m not totally convinced that the protocols they used are indicating what they think they are indicating.
It may be that all this does is let a normally accelerated-aging mouse live out what would be his normal lifespan, rather than a premature death.
I need to see the abstracts and find out more about the therapies.
All my cynicism aside...
it could be the fountain of youth.
Anybody else think this story might just go away and we never hear of it again?
btt
Good Lord, don’t let Brett Favre get ahold of it! We’d be stuck with his fake retirements and season-ending interceptions much longer than we care for.
The abstract is linked in the story.
And to your question about this story going away and never hearing it again, I don’t think so. There are many new studies about the aging process which are along this same line. Some are showing free radicals hitting the DNA up to 10,000 times per hour. If that’s true then the new cell formed will be a degraded or an aged cell. So, stopping that damage will lead to a new cell with less aging properties.
Unanswered is whether elimination of intrinsic instigators driving age-associated degeneration can reverse, as opposed to simply arrest, various afflictions of the aged.
Is this really a good thing? What happens when one gets to 0?
"Paging Mr. Button. Mr. Benjamin Button. Please pick up the white courtesy phone..."
A person should read the entire article before getting their hopes up.
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