The best Science new EVER, life extension

[Doer]

Telomeres shorten each time a cell divides and at a certain point, when they reach a critical length, the cell can no longer divide and will die. Their limited lifespan means that growing cells in laboratories can be tricky, given there can only be so many cell doublings before they give up the ghost. Telomere function in humans has been linked to many diseases and they have been studied for decades, often in the hope of better understanding or delaying the aging process.

Cells treated with Stanford’s procedure multiply in a similar way to much younger cells, compared with untreated cells of the same age. According to the researchers, skin cells with telomeres lengthened by the procedure were able to divide around 28 more times than untreated cells.


http://www.gizmag.com/telomere-extension-aging/35816/

 

[heckler73]

You forgot to point out the 48hr limit on it, too. Otherwise it would lead to cancer. But three treatments is all it needs to lengthen muscle cells. That is some fascinating work...I'll be curious to see if they successfully apply it to heart diseases. That is muscle #1 which needs help if life extension is the goal.

 

[Doer]

A bit of brain plaque repair could come in handy also.

 

[heckler73]

A bit of brain plaque repair could come in handy also.

Can this technology be applied to that?

 

[Doer]

Can this technology be applied to that?

They have idea what signals the plaque proteins to form. But, they do it at the end of life not the beginning, so this treatment could have promise for that.