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Maybe I’m interpreting the article wrong but it looks like they’re going to try temporarily activating a handful of transcription factors (Yamanaka) through a c
by Pigalowda 5y ago
Maybe I’m interpreting the article wrong but it looks like they’re going to try temporarily activating a handful of transcription factors (Yamanaka) through a crispr mediated gene alteration/insertion.
I suppose if you created a viral vector that injected an mRNA with a nuclear localization signal - what would you use to activate it? Include a steroid promoter (or other) and co-inject with cortisone? None of my prediction needs crispr though so i don’t think that’s what they’ll do.
They’ll also need to address cellular debris/degradation products as well as gene issues. I’m sure lipofuscin, anthracotic plaque, tau tangles, amyloid plaques, oxidative damage, non-enzymatic glycosylation, etc will all ultimately need to be addressed.
I hope they do skin first, I’m tired of looking like a wrinkle.
- alkonaut 5y ago> I hope they do skin first, I’m tired of looking like a wrinkle. Imagine inventing a cream that actually makes skin look younger, and then realizing people have tried to sell that (without delivering) for a century so no one will believe you.
- Pigalowda 5y agoThe inventor can go old school and use it personally until it catches on with friends/family. Or is this a monkeys paw kind of cream? What about cream that works for 10-20 years but ends with rapidly progressive multifocal melanoma? I would probably still do it if i was 65-70 years old.
- sooham 5y agoLook up tretinoin it reverses aging to some degree.