The way towards immortality

Immortality is always what people want and it is also the aim of many scientific studies. Recent studies by American scientists to repel the aging process have opened the door to human longevity.

In the future, we not only have the ability to slow down the aging process, but also can prevent and repel this process. Successful studies in restoring organ functions on mice have allowed scientists at Harvard University - USA to believe that successful trials will take place on humans.

The first experiment of repelling aging

The study of the law of aging and the process of this phenomenon has helped scientists understand: aging is partly due to the damage and irreversibility of living tissue in the muscle. can. In order for aging not to continue and cause us to age, the best way is to prevent further destruction of cell tissue .

An experiment on old mice took place at Harvard University's Cancer Research Institute . Here, the sick, old mice have undergone recovery of tissue damage in the body thanks to the effects of the recovery process and have returned to being as fast and healthy as they were. young '. Dr. Ronald De Pinho, head of the research team, said: ' What we see on experimental animals here is not a process of slowing or stopping aging, but pushing. repel them and make the body become younger '.

Harvard University team focuses on a process called q process to shorten telomeres . Most cells in the body consist of 23 pairs of chromosomes that carry DNA. At the end of each chromosome there is a protective tip called telomere. Each time the cell divides, these telomeres are truncated, until they stop working and the cells die or fall into an aging state. This is the time of aging.

In mice affected by genes and missing enzymes called telomerase (enzymes that contribute to the shortening of telomeres). Their bodies become sick and very quickly age. They are less sensitive than normal mice, smaller brain sizes, poor reproductive ability and are vulnerable to internal organs. However, when the enzyme is injected into the body, the cell damage process begins to cease , instead the recovery process takes place and erases all traces of aging. After about a month of treatment in this way, the scientists found that the health status of the mice had improved, the tissues of the body's organs began to recover, there was an increase. up and forming new neurons in the brain.

Promises to bring life-long applications to people

The aging process in humans is a complex process and is influenced by many factors. Scientists pay special attention to the factors that promote the aging process and cause damage to cells in the body, including: free radioactive factors, polluted habitats, and smoke leaves, industrial emissions, ultraviolet rays and many other environmental factors .

With the new discovery of the effects of the enzyme telomeres, scientists hope to help restore the functions of parts of the human body , repel the aging process of these organs and provide life expectancy. high. In addition, scientists hope to apply this effect to repel age-related diseases such as memory loss (Alzheimer's), stroke and cardiovascular diseases . However, to It is possible to test this method for the human body that requires much more complex research. Because rats normally produce telomerase during their lifetime, but in humans, these enzymes produce mainly during adulthood. It is a more evolutionary trait of humankind that prevents the cells from growing out of control and can change into cancer cells.

The controversial issue in the scientific world is that testing of telomerase on humans results in very different results from experimental mice. Telomerase may slow down the aging process in humans, but it may also increase the risk of cancer by stimulating cells to grow and change constantly . Overcoming this weakness, people can reach immortality . Professor David Kipling, of the University of Cardiff, said that the aim of the study was to promote the recovery of tissue damage in the human body and to remove old cells. However, it should be noted that the reaction of mice with telomeres has some differences with human reactions to telomeres. Even human body reactions to telomeres can lead to the complete elimination of damaged cells. The loss of many of these cells causes the functioning of organs to be impaired and can lead to death of the patient.

Lynne Cox, a biologist at Oxford University, says it's important to research and test telomeres on humans. However, this issue needs further study and the immediate goal of science is to limit and eliminate the adverse effects that telomeres can cause when recovering from aging damage. human.

In addition, the discovery of telomeres causes cells to grow out of control and can lead to the transformation of cells into cancer cells that also help science in early detection of signs of formation. of cancer in the human body.