New York: Old age is a condition that no one wants to achieve. Yayati’s story about growing old fits perfectly with humans. Yayati was the father of King Puru. Puru whose lineage further reached Bhishma. Yayati was cursed by King Shukra to grow old. But even after turning 100 years old, he did not agree to go with Yamraj. Yamraj put a condition before him that if he takes away the youth of any of his sons, then he can become young again. All the sons of Yayati refused to do so, then his younger son Puru donated his youth to him.

Whatever may be the reality of the story, there is no doubt that we want to remain young forever. This is why everything from hair coloring to Botox, and innovative technology to oxygen therapy is a way to maintain the desire to remain young. Now keeping this desire in mind, scientists at Harvard University have discovered a cocktail of medicines, which can be mixed in a pill, which can reverse aging. The report of New York Post throws light on this thing. A study titled ‘Chemically induced reprogramming to reverse cellular aging’ was published on July 12 in the journal Aging.

Team of researchers has discovered a mixture of six such chemicals
This means that only studies have been done to reverse cellular aging through chemical reprogramming. A team of researchers has discovered a mixture of six chemicals that can delay the aging process of skin cells of humans and mice by several years. Harvard researcher David Sinclair also wrote on this in a Twitter thread, ‘Previously we have seen how it is possible to reverse aging using gene therapy, in which embryonic genes (fetal genes) start working. Now we have found that this process is also possible with chemical cocktails, which is a step towards rejuvenating the entire body, the main thing is that this process will not be very expensive.

In trials of the mixture on rats and monkeys, their lifespan was seen to be reduced.
It is worth noting that each chemical mixture contains 5 to 7 agents, which are known to treat physical and mental disorders. Sinclair said that he and his team at Harvard Medical School have spent more than three years working to find molecules that can reverse cellular aging and revive human cells. In his tweet, Sinclair wrote, ‘The results of studies conducted on optic nerve, brain tissue, kidney and muscles give hope. In experiments on rats, their lifespan was seen to reduce and in April this year, improvement was also seen in monkeys. As far as humans are concerned, preparations are underway for the first trial of gene therapy to reverse their age and it is likely to start by the end of next year.

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