Harvard University Doctor Turns Back Time on Aging: Will an Anti-Aging Pill Be Available Soon?
Harvard University’s Doctor Ronald DePinho has conducted a scientific study that has shown that aging can be reversed in mice. Will this result occur also in humans? And, if so, how will it change the process of aging? In addition to his work at Harvard University, DePinho is also a cancer geneticist at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute. DePinho’s anti-aging study was reported in the journal Nature. His study may prove to be the start of a worldwide ability to change how human beings age. Will he give the gift of longer, healthier lives to people? If so, he will gain fame and a place in history. Telomerase: Anti-Aging Miracle? The mice involved in the study were given an enzyme called telomerase, 4-OHT, to reactivate the telomeres in the body. The telomeres are found on the ends of chromosomes and serve to protect the chromosome from damage. As aging occurs, the telomeres get smaller and eventually die off. The mice that showed signs of reversed aging had larger brains after receiving the e
