Scientists reverse aging in mice by repairing damaged DNA
The researchers found that a compound known as NAD (nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide), which is naturally present in every cell of our body, has a key role as a regulator in protein-to-protein interactions that control DNA repair. In an experiment, they found that treating mice with a NAD+ precursor called NMN (nicotinamide mononucleotide) improved their cells’ ability to repair DNA damage.
“The cells of the old mice were indistinguishable from the young mice, after just one week of treatment,” said senior author Sinclair.
Human trials of NMN therapy will begin within the next few months to “see if these results translate to people,” he said. A safe and effective anti-aging drug is “perhaps only three to five years away from being on the market if the trials go well.”
The researchers say that in addition to reversing aging, the DNA-repair research has attracted the attention of NASA. The treatment could help deal with radiation damage to astronauts in its Mars mission, which could cause muscle weakness, memory loss, and other symptoms.
TheReal_ND wrote:Scientists reverse aging in mice by repairing damaged DNA
The researchers found that a compound known as NAD (nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide), which is naturally present in every cell of our body, has a key role as a regulator in protein-to-protein interactions that control DNA repair. In an experiment, they found that treating mice with a NAD+ precursor called NMN (nicotinamide mononucleotide) improved their cells’ ability to repair DNA damage.
“The cells of the old mice were indistinguishable from the young mice, after just one week of treatment,” said senior author Sinclair.
Human trials of NMN therapy will begin within the next few months to “see if these results translate to people,” he said. A safe and effective anti-aging drug is “perhaps only three to five years away from being on the market if the trials go well.”
The researchers say that in addition to reversing aging, the DNA-repair research has attracted the attention of NASA. The treatment could help deal with radiation damage to astronauts in its Mars mission, which could cause muscle weakness, memory loss, and other symptoms.
Has nothing to do with the actual aging process of DNA replication and the loss of telomeres.
They are doing serious work on that too.
Seriously, death is still around, including aging for now. Even if they can cure aging they still have all the other ways of dying. And are you seriously angry that some poor senior eating ramen in West Dumpsville is going to stop you? I'm more worried about the 0.01% wannabe Lords like Peter I-Drink-the-Blood-of-Children Thiel.
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The blood-dimmed tide is loosed, and everywhere
The ceremony of innocence is drowned;
The best lack all conviction, while the worst
Are full of passionate intensity.
The blood-dimmed tide is loosed, and everywhere
The ceremony of innocence is drowned;
The best lack all conviction, while the worst
Are full of passionate intensity.
"People don't like to be meddled with. We tell them what to do, what to think, don't run, don't walk. We're in their homes and in their heads and we haven't the right. We're meddlesome."
Well, making our bad healthcare system even worse is a great step in helping them, and everyone else, to the pearly gates.
We are only accustomed to dealing with like twenty online personas at a time so when we only have about ten people some people have to be strawmanned in order to advance our same relative go nowhere nonsense positions. -TheReal_ND
brewster wrote:Well, making our bad healthcare system even worse is a great step in helping them, and everyone else, to the pearly gates.
Oh shit look who it is! Your wife finally let you on the internet after post election mental breakdown. My opinion you kinda were losing it a few weeks before when planting all those bombs in NY.
