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Phoenix666 [soylentnews.org] writes:

Elizabeth Parrish, CEO of the biotech company BioViva, claims that her body's cells are 20 years [bioviva-science.com] younger after testing her company’s age-reversing gene therapy on herself [arstechnica.com].

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Though details of the fast-tracked trial are unpublished, Parrish says it involved intravenous infusions of an engineered virus. That infectious germ carried the genetic blueprints for an enzyme called telomerase, which is found in humans. When spread to the body’s cells, the enzyme generally extends the length of DNA caps on the ends of chromosomes, which naturally wear down with cellular aging. In a 2012 mouse study, Spanish researchers found that similar treatment could extend the lifespan of the rodents by as much as 20 percent.

Parrish claims that test results from March—which have not been published in a peer-reviewed scientific journal—reveal that her blood cells’ telomeres have extended from 6.71 kilobases of DNA to 7.33 kilobases. The difference, she estimates, equates to a cellular age difference of 20 years.

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