New story @FT: Science is closing in on the frailties of old age. Appreciate mention of @lifebiosciences @CamCavendish ๐tinyurl.com
While conventional medicine treats one disease at a time, scientists since the 1990s have been making discoveries that suggest we could target the biology that underlies ageing itself.
Will regulators agree to consider ageing as a โtreatableโ condition?
Some molecular biologists are working on NAD (nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide), an enzyme central to metabolism that declines as we get older. Others, like David Sinclair believe that epigenetic noise is a major cause of ageing, confusing signals in the body...
"Sinclair and colleagues at Life Biosciences have partially restored sight to mice and monkeys." [stated more formally, improved visual function] ๐
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