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So if I’m reading this basically they’ve shown they can perform some of the protocols normally used to turn skill cells back into stem cells, but stop at a poin
by space_fountain 5y ago
So if I’m reading this basically they’ve shown they can perform some of the protocols normally used to turn skill cells back into stem cells, but stop at a point that leaves the cells behaving more youthfully while still remaining differentiated. I’m not a biologist, but at a guess this a long, long way from being practical. You’d need to solve problems around cancer and actually delivering the therapy to the cells
- omnicognate 5y agoI'm the exact opposite of an expert in this but cell age and organism age are completely different things, right?
- space_fountain 5y agoI don’t think they’re unrelated. It seems like a lot of aging relates to your cells slowing down and doing a worse job of repairing you. Your skin gets thinner, cuts take longer to heal, bones loose density, etc. At least part of this is because your individual cells start to be less vigorous. Some stop diving altogether, others just start malfunctioning in weird ways. I’m by default pretty skeptical of a simple one size fits even most solution to this. It feels like at the end of the day you’re fighting entropy