Scientists plan to test an anti-aging compound that could be used to treat cancer, dementia, and diabetes.
After successful trials on two-year-old mice to make them appear six months old, scientists from the US and Australia could begin testing an anti-aging compounds on humans next year. This won't be any fountain of youth, but the theory of age reversal could help treat diseases such as cancer, dementia, and diabetes.
The study, published in Cell yesterday, focused on mitochondria, cells that produce energy. Aging occurs because the cells' nuclei degrade. The body also loses a chemical called nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide, known as NAD, so researchers injected this chemical in the mice.
The result was a reverse in aging. Scientists compare the two-year-old mice appearing six months old to what it would be like for a 60-year-old to feel 20 years old. The mice reversed in age in a week in a process that a researcher described as "amazingly rapid
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