Harvard scientists reverse the aging process in mice

[kkscatnip]

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 Harvard Medical School turned weak and feeble old mice into healthy animals by regenerating their aged bodies

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[buttersbooboo]

very cool and scary at the same time

[keeperofthekeys]

Here's the Nature article (link should open in new tab).

I don't work in a telomerase lab, but I have friends that do. They're heavily implicated in a lot of diseases. Unfortunately, there aren't a lot of drugs out there that target these guys.

[capthek]

Ya, but on the other hand these mice were bread to be born genetically really fucked up and the treatment just made them a bit less fucked up.

[uglynoodles]

So this'd only work on people who had the rapid-aging disease. :B

It'd be interesting to see what this did to normal mice. Age them faster?