Scientists in Beijing are perhaps one step closer to having the answer to living longer and reversing the effects of aging.
A group of biologists at the Chinese Academy of Sciences say they have developed a first global new gene therapy and that they have done tests on mice.
It involves the screening of about 10,000 genes in search of particularly strong drivers for cellular aging.
They identified 100 genes in the pool, but the one that really stood out was the cat7.
Subsequently, they activated the cat7 gene in the livers of mice, Professor Qu Jing explained some of their findings:
“These mice show up after six to eight months, they show overall improved appearance and grip strength, and most importantly, they have a long lifespan of about 25%.”
Cat7 is one of tens of thousands of genes found in mammalian cells.
The scientists also tested the function of the gene in human stem cells, human liver cells and more.
To date, there have been no side effects of cellular toxicity.
Despite this, the method still has a long way to go to be ready for human trials, and will require a lot of money and a lot more research.
“Ultimately, we hope we can find a way to slow down aging, even with a very small percentage. We want to slow down human aging in the future.”
For now, there is no definitive answer to the death deception, but the scientists plan to test the function of cat7 in other cell types of humans and other organs of mice.
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– Scientists in Beijing are perhaps one step closer to having the answer to living longer and reversing the effects of aging. A group of biologists at the Chinese Academy of Sciences say they have developed a first global new gene therapy, and that they have done tests on mice. It involves the screening of about 10,000 genes in search of particularly strong drivers for cellular aging. They identified a hundred genes in the pool, but the one that really stood out was the cat7. They inactivated that cat7 gene in the livers of mice. Professor Qu Jing explains some of their findings.
QU JING: These mice show that after six to eight months they have an overall improved appearance and grip strength. And most importantly, they have a long lifespan of about 25%.
– Cat7 is one of tens of thousands of genes found in mammalian cells. The scientists also tested the function of the gene in human stem cells, human liver cells, and more. To date, there have been no side effects of cellular toxicity. Despite this, the method still has a long way to go to be ready for human trials, and will require a lot of money and a lot more research.
For now, there is no definitive answer to the death deception, but the scientists plan to test the function of cat7 in other cell types of humans and other organs of mice.