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Re:Age Reversal Breakthrough: Discovery Could Enable Whole-B... by Justsignedup on Friday July 28, 2023 @09:54PM (#36915993)
Wasn't one of the main issues that when doing any age reversal you add massive cancer risks?
Re:Age Reversal Breakthrough: Discovery Could Enable Whole-B... by rikroots on Saturday July 29, 2023 @07:12AM (#36919058)
From the article: "This breakthrough, which earned a Nobel Prize, prompted scientists to question if cellular aging could be reversed without pushing cells to become too young and potentially cancerous."
Re:Age Reversal Breakthrough: Discovery Could Enable Whole-B... by amts on Saturday July 29, 2023 @07:28AM (#36919151)
It may have already been solved with _partial_ epigenetic reprogramming with Yamanaka or related factors, where _partial_ means do not pushing cells all the way back to embryonic/cancerous state and maintaining their differentiation.
Re:Age Reversal Breakthrough: Discovery Could Enable Whole-B... by amts on Saturday July 29, 2023 @07:31AM (#36919176)
The main risk I heard about is tissues with rapid cell turnover, but some startups are working on it.
Re:Age Reversal Breakthrough: Discovery Could Enable Whole-B... by kenowi on Saturday July 29, 2023 @01:28AM (#36917229)
Why isn't this topic getting more attention? It is as if people just don't believe in this. To good to be true?
Re:Age Reversal Breakthrough: Discovery Could Enable Whole-B... by defrost on Saturday July 29, 2023 @01:54AM (#36917340)
The topic gets a lot of attention, this is not the first time sentences such as:

    “Until recently, the best we could do was slow aging. New discoveries suggest we can now reverse it,”
and

    “This new discovery offers the potential to reverse aging with a single pill, with applications ranging from improving eyesight to effectively treating numerous age-related diseases,”
have appeared.

I wholeheartedly agree that it suggests the potential to lead somewhere.