Scientists in Beijing may be one step closer to having the answer to live longer and reverse the effects of aging.
A group of biologists at the Chinese Academy of Sciences say they have developed a new gene therapy worldwide and tested it on mice.
It involved screening about 10,000 genes for particularly strong factors for cell aging.
They identified 100 genes in that pool, but what really stood out was kat7.
They then deactivated the kat7 gene in the mice’s liver. Professor Qu Jing explained some of his findings:
“These mice show after six to eight months, they show an improved overall appearance and grip strength and most importantly, they have extended their lifespan by about 25%.”
Kat7 is one of tens of thousands of genes found in mammalian cells.
The scientists also tested the gene’s function in human stem cells, human liver cells and more.
So far, there have been no cell toxicity side effects.
Despite this, the method still has a long way to go since the human testing phase and will require a lot of funding and a lot more research.
“In the end, we hope to be able to find a way to delay aging, even if in a very small percentage, we want to delay human aging in the future.”
For now, there is no final answer to cheat death, but scientists plan to test the role of kat7 in other types of cells in humans and other organs in mice.
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– Scientists in Beijing may be one step closer to having the answer to live longer and reverse the effects of aging. A group of biologists at the Chinese Academy of Sciences say they have developed a new gene therapy worldwide and tested it on mice. It involved screening about 10,000 genes for particularly strong factors for cell aging. They identified a hundred genes in that pool, but what really stood out was kat7. They then inactivated the kat7 gene in the liver of mice. Professor Qu Jing explains some of his findings.
QU JING: These rats show, after six to eight months, an improved overall appearance and grip strength. Most importantly, they have extended the service life by about 25%.
– Kat7 is one of tens of thousands of genes found in mammalian cells. The scientists also tested the gene’s function in human stem cells, human liver cells and more. So far, there have been no side effects from cell toxicity. Despite this, the method still has a long way to go since the human testing phase, and will require a lot of funding and a lot more research.
For now, there is no final answer to cheat death, but scientists plan to test the role of kat7 in other types of cells in humans and other organs in mice.