Biotech Startup Claims, Genetic Reprogramming , Key to Longer Life.<br />'MIT Technology Review' reports that a small <br />biotech firm claims the process of reprogramming <br />rejuvenated old mice and extended their lives.<br />'MIT Technology Review' reports that a small <br />biotech firm claims the process of reprogramming <br />rejuvenated old mice and extended their lives.<br />The results suggest that one day humans <br />could turn back their biological clocks <br />by resetting cells to a younger state. .<br />The technology has attracted hundreds <br />of millions in investment as a potential <br />key to prolonging human life.<br />Previously, scientists have shown <br />that the process works on individual <br />cells in a laboratory setting.<br />Now, Rejuvenate Bio is trying to <br />prove that the technology can <br />be applied to living animals.<br />According to 'MIT Technology Review,' the results of <br />Rejuvenate Bio's paper suggest that the process <br />can indeed be used to extend the lives of animals.<br />According to Noah Davidsohn, Rejuvenate's chief scientific <br />officer, the company uses gene therapy to add three <br />powerful reprogramming genes to older mice.<br />The process reportedly doubled <br />the lives of the mice injected <br />with the experimental new genes.<br />This is a powerful technology, <br />and here is the proof of concept. <br />I wanted to show that it’s <br />actually something we can do <br />in our elderly population, Noah Davidsohn, Rejuvenate's chief scientific <br />officer, via 'MIT Technology Review'.<br />The technology has given rise to calls for caution as <br />whole-body rejuvenation using gene therapy is still <br />in very early stages and comes with huge risks.<br />The technology has given rise to calls for caution as <br />whole-body rejuvenation using gene therapy is still <br />in very early stages and comes with huge risks.<br />Rejuvenate Bio's work appears in <br />a preprint paper on the website BioRxiv <br />and has yet to be peer reviewed
