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Age Reversal Breakthrough: Discovery Could Enable Whole-Body Rejuvenation

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8 pointsqingcharles6 comments

Why isn't this topic getting more attention? It is as if people just don't believe in this. To good to be true?

The topic gets a lot of attention, this is not the first time sentences such as:

    “Until recently, the best we could do was slow aging. New discoveries suggest we can now reverse it,”

and

    “This new discovery offers the potential to reverse aging with a single pill, with applications ranging from improving eyesight to effectively treating numerous age-related diseases,”

have appeared.

I wholeheartedly agree that it suggests the potential to lead somewhere.

Wasn't one of the main issues that when doing any age reversal you add massive cancer risks?

From the article: "This breakthrough, which earned a Nobel Prize, prompted scientists to question if cellular aging could be reversed without pushing cells to become too young and potentially cancerous."

It may have already been solved with _partial_ epigenetic reprogramming with Yamanaka or related factors, where _partial_ means not pushing cells all the way back to embryonic/cancerous state and maintaining their differentiation.

The main risk I heard about is tissues with rapid cell turnover, but some startups are working on it.

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