Completely misleading article title. Anybody who has studied college level experimental embryology knows that there are certain genes which control development of plant or animal tissue. “Youth gene”....buncha’ idiots....how many extra bucks did they generate from the clicks...paging Ponce de Leon...
When nerves of the spinal column are re-attached and/or grow together (correct alignment), they apparently still fail to pass signals.
I have wondered, if a patient with failed nerves to his legs, who attempted to craw, might cause the “circuit breakers” to be brought back to life.
I have been disappointed to hear (from one “expert”), that “there are certain genes which control development” . . . of nerves, when we are young, and those genes (involved in the development of the nerve circuits - such as to our limbs) apparently go into permanent retirement in our youth.
My hope is, that a way to flip whatever gene needs to be ON, to that ON position, will lead to a sequence of “turning the lights ON.”
Maybe attempting to crawl, will ring some bell. I wonder. I hope.
Now, wondering what you think of that idea?