New York: Old age is a stage that no one wants to reach. Yayati’s story is perfect for humans when it comes to getting old. Yayati was the father of King Puru. Puru whose lineage reached Bhishma. Yayati was cursed to become old by King Shukra. But even after becoming 100 years old, he did not agree to go with Yamraj. Yamraj put a condition in front of him that if he takes the youth of any of his sons, then he can become young again. All the sons of Yayati refused to do so, then his younger son Puru donated his youth to him.
Whatever the truth of the story, there is no doubt that we want to remain young forever. This is why everything from hair coloring to Botox, and in the latest technology, oxygen therapy is a way to maintain the desire to remain young. Now keeping this desire in mind, scientists at Harvard University have discovered a cocktail of drugs that can be mixed in a pill, which can reverse age. The New York Post report sheds light on this. A study titled ‘Chemically induced reprogramming to reverse cellular ageing’ was published on July 12 in the journal Aging.
The team of researchers has discovered a mixture of six such chemicals
This means that the study has been done on reversing cellular aging through chemical reprogramming. The team of researchers has discovered a mixture of six chemicals that can reverse the aging process of skin cells of humans and mice by several years. Harvard researcher David Sinclair also wrote about this in a Twitter thread that ‘Earlier we have seen how it is possible to reverse age using gene therapy, in which embryonic genes start working. Now we have found that this process is also possible with chemical cocktails, which is a step towards rejuvenating the entire body, the special thing is that this process will not be very expensive.’
In trials of the mixture on rats and monkeys, their lifespan was seen to be reduced
It is worth noting that each chemical mixture contains 5 to 7 agents, which are known to treat physical and mental disorders. Sinclair said that he and his team at Harvard Medical School have spent more than 3 years working to find molecules that can reverse cellular aging and regenerate human cells. In his tweet, Sinclair wrote, ‘The results of studies conducted on optic nerve, brain tissue, kidney and muscles are promising. Experiments on mice showed a reduction in their age and in April this year, improvements were also seen in monkeys. As far as humans are concerned, preparations are underway for the first trial of gene therapy to reverse their age and it is likely to start by the end of next year.’
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FIRST PUBLISHED : July 16, 2023, 14:37 IST