Free Republic
Browse · Search
News/Activism
Topics · Post Article

Skip to comments.

Scientists successfully reverse human aging process in breakthrough study
nypost ^ | 11/20/2022 | Natalie o'neill

Posted on 11/21/2022 7:48:51 AM PST by bitt

The fountain of youth may be made of air, not water.

Scientists say they’ve successfully reversed the aging process of elderly people through “oxygen therapy” in a first-of-its-kind study.

Researchers from Tel Aviv University used hyperbaric oxygen chambers to target specific cells and DNA linked to shorter lifespans — and found the “Holy Grail” of staying young, according to a press release about the discovery.

During the study, researchers investigated whether the therapy — which involves breathing pure oxygen in a pressurized environment — could reverse the effects of aging in 35 people over age 64, according to the study, which was published Wednesday in the journal Aging.

They placed elderly participants in the chamber for 90 minutes a day, five days a week for three months and studied its impact on senescent cells, which are associated with tissue and organ deterioration. They also measured the length of each person’s telomere, a molecule linked to premature cellular aging.

Remarkably, scientists found that the participants’ telomeres had enlarged by an average length of 20 percent while their senescent cells decreased by up to 37 per cent by the end of the trial — the equivalent growing 25 years younger.

“The significant improvement of telomere length shown…provides the scientific community with a new foundation of understanding that aging can, indeed, be targeted and reversed at the basic cellular-biological level,” said the study’s co-author Shai Efrati. “Since telomere shortening is considered the ‘Holy Grail’ of the biology of aging.”

The scientists, which include doctors from the Shamir Medical Center, believe the pressurized chamber triggered brief oxygen shortages, which caused cell regeneration.

(Excerpt) Read more at nypost.com ...


TOPICS: Culture/Society; Extended News; Israel; News/Current Events; US: New York
KEYWORDS: aging; helixmakemineadouble; humanaging; hyperbaricoxygen; israel; longevity; michaeljackson; natalieoneill; newyork; newyorkcity; newyorkpost; oxygentherapy; shaiefrati; telavivu; telomeres
Navigation: use the links below to view more comments.
first previous 1-2021-4041-6061-75 next last
To: numberonepal

My conception was that as man got farther away from the Fall of our first parents, who were immortal as created, the life span gradually decreased. Tolkien had a similar concept with the Numenoreans, who were the offspring of mortal man and immortal elves/Maia. They descended from the son who chose mortality, whereas Elrond elected immortality with the elves. The kings of Numenor had lifespans of hundreds of years but eventually dwindled to our current state. (Taking off my geek hat now)


21 posted on 11/21/2022 8:23:51 AM PST by I-ambush (We watched the moment of defeat, played back over on the video screen. )
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 12 | View Replies]

To: Interesting Times

Yeah, but the study is younger now.

22 posted on 11/21/2022 8:35:44 AM PST by Songcraft
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 16 | View Replies]

To: bitt
...breathing pure oxygen in a pressurized environment — could reverse the effects of aging in 35 people over age 64.

Who are those lucky 35 people? Why only 35 people out of 110 million over 64?

23 posted on 11/21/2022 8:36:54 AM PST by ProtectOurFreedom (If you're not part of the solution, you're just scumming up the bottom of the beaker!)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: bitt

Didn’t work for Michael Jackson...


24 posted on 11/21/2022 8:46:19 AM PST by null and void (Cujo would have been a very short story if the family owned a gun!)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: zeestephen

White, Grissom, and Chaffee...


25 posted on 11/21/2022 8:48:19 AM PST by null and void (Cujo would have been a very short story if the family owned a gun!)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 18 | View Replies]

To: The Mayor

Damn, the secret got out.

Oh, and you can have only one dip per day.

Park rangers keep close tabs.

5.56mm


26 posted on 11/21/2022 8:52:55 AM PST by M Kehoe (Quid Pro Joe and the Ho got to go)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 17 | View Replies]

To: bitt

The process will reverse aging but give you cancer, HIV, syphillis, the Heebee Jeebes and cooties.


27 posted on 11/21/2022 8:54:55 AM PST by Caipirabob (Communists...Socialists...Fascists & AntiFa...Democrats...Traitors... Who can tell the difference?)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: bitt

More on hyperbaric chambers. https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/4103914/posts


28 posted on 11/21/2022 9:00:12 AM PST by OftheOhio (never could dance but always could fight - Romeo company)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: zeestephen

Think if a compression valve goes bad and what happens to your ear drums.


29 posted on 11/21/2022 9:04:24 AM PST by OftheOhio (never could dance but always could fight - Romeo company)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 18 | View Replies]

To: bitt

I seem to remember Michael Jackson was said to do this, decades ago.


30 posted on 11/21/2022 9:09:26 AM PST by fuzzylogic (welfare state = sharing of poor moral choices among everybody)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: M Kehoe

That’s fine, I haven’t told anyone your secret is safe with me


31 posted on 11/21/2022 9:12:49 AM PST by The Mayor (“Love the Lord your God,” and “Love your neighbor as yourself” (Matthew 22:37–39))
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 26 | View Replies]

To: VanShuyten

Hyperbaric can’t keep you from dying of too much propopol.


32 posted on 11/21/2022 9:14:40 AM PST by Georgia Girl 2 (The only purpose of a pistol is to fight your way back to the rifle you should never have dropped)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 6 | View Replies]

To: ProtectOurFreedom

Why only 35 people out of 110 million over 64?

- - - - - - -

Not many people volunteer to be lab rats.


33 posted on 11/21/2022 9:16:36 AM PST by TTFX
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 23 | View Replies]

To: bitt

Has H. Clinton been getting this Oxygen treatment for years?

Hillary Clinton was rushed away from the 9/11 memorial service in New York as she was feeling unwell.

A video shows the Democrat stumbling and being carried into a van, with aides and security guards on either side.

As she is being helped towards the vehicle, she appears to sink towards the ground, and her team gather closely around her to help her back up.

https://www.google.com/search?q=Hillary+Clinton+was+rushed+away+from+the+9/11+memorial+service+in+New+York+as+she+was+feeling+unwell&rlz=1CAMWDF_enUS930&sxsrf=ALiCzsaG1msE82tlXAQcXOE2t2EfVEkm4g:1669051082616&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjXkZDn47_7AhWaJ0QIHbhdCTUQ_AUoAnoECAIQBA&biw=1248&bih=651&dpr=1.5

Her campaign said in a statement that Ms Clinton became “overheated” and left the service early.

Shortly afterwards Ms Clinton emerged from her daughter Chelsea’s apartment in Manhattan. A little girl approached her and she was filmed hugging the girl, before smiling and waving to reporters as she walked away.

The news comes shortly after right-wing commentators including Donald Trump accused her of being unfit to be president.

Fox News anchor Sean Hannity, who advises Mr Trump, recently questioned the candidate’s health, pointing out her “blinking” and exaggerated head movements as she spoke to reporters.


34 posted on 11/21/2022 9:22:19 AM PST by Grampa Dave (Has anyone, recently, seen a Biden sticker on any vehicle and in particular at/in a gas station!!!)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: bitt

Sign me up.


35 posted on 11/21/2022 9:23:28 AM PST by sauropod (Fascists also buy Comcast cable packages" - Olby - Wanna buy mine?)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: bitt

Don’t put hope in things like this. God is in charge. Because of sin we have all received the death sentence in this fallen world. There is, however, eternal life for those who admit their sin and their need of a savior.

Psalm 90:10 “Our days may come to seventy years, or eighty, if our strength endures; yet the best of them are but trouble and sorrow, for they quickly pass, and we fly away.”


36 posted on 11/21/2022 9:26:09 AM PST by Drawsing (Fools show their annoyance at once, the prudent man overlooks an insult. Proverbs 12:16)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: normbal

“Great, we’ll NEVER get rid of the department head.”
That might prove to be more of a problem then people realize.

I remember stories about how university physics departments couldn’t accept quantum physics until a generation of entrenched individuals had passed on.


37 posted on 11/21/2022 9:27:11 AM PST by conejo99
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 19 | View Replies]

To: bitt

Will Medicare pay for this treatment?


38 posted on 11/21/2022 9:34:07 AM PST by glorgau
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: Sirius Lee

Or just get some exercise.

There’s a thought. :-)


39 posted on 11/21/2022 9:34:09 AM PST by mewzilla (We will never restore the republic if we don't first secure the ballot box.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 3 | View Replies]

To: TTFX
“Why only 35 people out of 110 million over 64?”

A control group selected specifically to determine if we will still need them and feed them.

40 posted on 11/21/2022 9:37:20 AM PST by daler
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 33 | View Replies]


Navigation: use the links below to view more comments.
first previous 1-2021-4041-6061-75 next last

Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.

Free Republic
Browse · Search
News/Activism
Topics · Post Article

FreeRepublic, LLC, PO BOX 9771, FRESNO, CA 93794
FreeRepublic.com is powered by software copyright 2000-2008 John Robinson