Harvard researchers claim they've found cocktail of drugs that can reverse age

Updated : Jul 17, 2023 13:54
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There are numerous things that people recommend that help in age reversal. However, those recommendations are not really backed by science.

Recently, researchers from Harvard made a claim in which they said that they've found a cocktail of drugs that can help reverse ageing. 

The study was published in the July issue of the medical journal Ageing.

Harvard researcher David Sinclair in a series of Twitter posts shared insights about this discovery and said that their team has identified six chemical cocktails (and more now) that restore NCC and genome-wide transcript profiles to youthful states and reverse transcriptomic age in less than a week.

Sinclair also said, 

"The team's findings build upon the discovery that genes called Yamanaka factors, can convert adult cells into induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs). This Nobel Prize-winning discovery raised the question of whether it might be possible to reverse cellular ageing without causing cells to become too young & turn cancerous. "

He further said that the research has shown promising results in mice and monkeys. Currently, preparations for human clinical trials of the first age reversal gene therapy are ongoing.

Also watch: Heavy drinking poses risk of premature ageing and may cause muscles to shrink faster: Study

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