That's probably exactly what the article was talking about- though its very short on details, aside from that the treatment was a form of "gene therapy." But m

That's probably exactly what the article was talking about- though its very short on details, aside from that the treatment was a form of "gene therapy." But my guess would be that the therapy involved the addition of a gene for this very enzyme (telomerase) in a form that it would become active in adult somatic cells. Of course whether this would actually meaningfully extend life is uncertain- aging is complicated.