Johns Hopkins' Dr. Marty Makary says it may sound like 'pie in the sky,' but the aging process may be reversible after new findings from Harvard scientists.
"We believe ours is the first study to show epigenetic change as a primary driver of aging in mammals," the paper’s senior author, David Sinclair, professor of genetics at the Blavatnik Institute at Harvard Medical School and co-director of the Paul F. Glenn Center for Biology of Aging Research, toldAfter Harvard scientists successfully reversed physiological aging of mice, they say testing results on larger mammals or humans should be next.
Aside from this recent Harvard experiment on mice, the research on reversing age is "pretty mature," Dr. Makary argued, noting a fair amount of literature details what you can do to slow the aging process. Dr. Kara Fitzgerald, whose award-winning research into DNA methylation – the regulation of gene expression – has been studying the difference between, and she’s narrowed down how people can feel their best longer in her upcoming book, "YOUNGER YOU: Reduce Your Bio Age and Live Longer, Better."
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