Biotechnology
Cellular rejuvenation, gene therapies and the experiments trying to repair what ages inside us.
We follow what has reached human trials, track the results and separate plausible medicine from a beautifully marketed promise.READING ROUTE
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01OPENWhat are Yamanaka factors — and could they be a first step towards immortality?
Four genes proved that an adult cell can become young again. The challenge is stopping the process before it forgets what it is. If we learn to control that rewind, ageing may no longer be a one-way journey.
02OPENThe first human cell-rejuvenation trial has begun — inside an eye
For the first time, a person has received a treatment designed to help damaged eye cells recover some of what they could do when they were young. The experiment has only just begun, but it could change how age-related disease is treated.
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