Posted on 02/25/2025 9:18:12 PM PST by SeekAndFind
A cure for ageing sounds like something right out of a wild science-fiction film like The Substance.
But scientists could now be close to making this a reality.
Researchers from Osaka University, Japan claim to have found a cellular 'master switch' which can reverse the process of ageing.
This protein, called AP2A1, could be the key to future treatments that will turn back the body's biological clock and undo the damage caused by old age.
As our bodies get older, we build up a growing number of old or 'senescent' cells which stop dividing and functioning as they should.
These 'zombie cells' don't die but rather continue to grow and pump out inflammatory chemicals which contribute to age-related diseases.
However, the researchers found that they could turn senescent cells back into young, healthy cells simply by reducing the amount of the protein AP2A1.
In theory, that means scientists could remove the cause of age-related diseases like Alzheimer's or arthritis by reversing the process of senescence at the cellular level.
The body's ageing process is incredibly complex and there is no single factor responsible for why we get old.
However, cell senescence is one process which appears to play a significant role in bringing on the negative consequences of getting older.
Professor Richard Faragher, an expert on cell ageing from the University of Brighton who was not involved in the study, says: 'Normal cells monitor the number of times they have been called on to divide as a cancer prevention mechanism.
'So, after a variable number of divisions, these cells become senescent which means they activate pathways to ensure they will not divide again.'
Senescent cells also 'radically change the way in which they behave' and start to produce inflammatory molecules and enzymes which degrade the surrounding tissue.
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Kinda like the ol’ G Spot.
This story will never get old...
Water fasting for 72 hours turns on the switch.
How is AP2A1 reduced?
What is antagonistic to its expression?
God has limited our years. There’s no way around God. People trying to play him aren’t going to do well. God won’t be mocked either.
Reverses cell ageing
What I haven’t suffered enough already I have to do it again.
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