In a study led by Ronald DePinho, a cancer geneticist at Harvard, researchers were able to significantly reverse--not just delay--aging and it's effects in laboratory mice. Scientists pinpoint one of the main causes of aging is the breakdown of the enzyme Telomere, which declines as we and other animals age. By changing these enzymes so their chromosome tips could not unravel or breakdown, scientists were able to reverse aging in a controlled experiment. This evidence could potentially lead to many discoveries about why and how we age and could have huge potential human implications.
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