2023-07-16 01:01:10
Harvard researchers say they’ve discovered a chemical cocktail they believe can reverse aging, a discovery that might lead to a “fountain of youth” pill.
Harvard researcher David Sinclair shared his findings, published in the July issue of the journal Medical Agingin a series of Twitter posts this week.
“We have already shown that it is possible to reverse the course of age by using gene therapy to activate embryonic genes,” he first recalled in his thread of 17 tweets.
“Today, we are showing that it is possible to do this using chemical cocktails, which is a step towards affordable total body rejuvenation,” he added.
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
The genetics professor and author of the “Lifespan” book went on to explain that he and his team at Harvard Medical School worked for more than three years to find molecules that might combine to reverse cellular aging and rejuvenate human cells.
Through experiments in mice and monkeys, they were able to identify six chemical cocktails that can “reverse” the visual signs of aging “in less than a week,” Sinclair said.
“Studies on the optic nerve, brain tissue, kidneys and muscles have shown promising results, with improved vision and longer lifespan in mice and, recently, in April this year, improved vision in monkeys,” he said.
He indicated that the researchers were preparing to carry out clinical trials of the therapy on humans and acknowledged that other researchers were also in the race “to show that the chemicals can rejuvenate cells as gene therapy does. “.
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