Posted on 12/04/2010 10:06:50 AM PST by neverdem
The Chinese herbal “medicine” derived from astragalus root is reputed to have anti-aging effects. I believe the Chinese name for it actually means “hair stays black” or something along those lines. Maybe it has some effect upon telomerase.
Thanks for the ping.
Very interesting article...
They found a tool whereby they could manipulate Telomerase in the lab, this was the gene they were playing with.
They don’t seem to be able to reverse the Telomerase setting of a normally aged mouse as yet.
But if they figure out how to do this at some point, this experiment shows what can be achieved.
One step at a time.
Man I wish they’d hurry up with this stuff, I’m not getting any younger.
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