We often tell you about different studies, the purpose of which is treatment of the aging process of the human body reversed. And finally, for the first time in history, humans managed to rejuvenate your body using gene therapy. This man was 45-year-old American Elizabeth Parrish voluntarily decided to experience developed her own research company BioViva method of rejuvenation.
Elizabeth had two cycles of gene therapy, starting in September 2015. One course was intended to prevent loss of muscle mass, and the second aimed at increasing the level of production of telomerase. Telomerase is an enzyme that adds repeating sequences to the end of DNA strands at the sites of telomeres. Telomeres – the end portions of chromosomes that perform safety functions. With each cell division the telomeres become increasingly shorter, resulting in our body is aging and, eventually, fails. For years, scientists struggled to find a way to compensate for the shortening of telomeres and stop the aging process.
Previously, such gene therapy has already been successfully tested in living cells, as well as in some species of laboratory animals. But no one still dared to conduct a full testing of these drugs in humans. Elizabeth Parrish, despite severe risks to his health, went to Colombia, to avoid having the approval of gene-therapeutical drugs to the American public by the Commission FDA. There she did all the necessary injections under the strict supervision of the company’s employees BioViva. Many scholars have given mixed reviews to the courageous act of the woman, criticizing her for excessive riskiness of this experiment.
Parrish readily agreed to answer all the questions of the users of the popular service Reddit. Anyone can ask her about the sensations in the process of rejuvenation, and also to find out whether any side effects in the process of a historically significant experiment. The results of studies before and after gene therapy showed that Elizabeth managed to not only stop the shortening of their telomeres (they were measured in 2015 and 2016 respectively), but also to make them 20 years younger. Anyway, the experiment is still in progress, and the whole world is curiously watching the health of Elizabeth.
