Have They Finally Found The Fountain Of Youth?

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In a classic display of lending credence to the saying “walk the talk” biotech company BioViva announced that they have taken strides in reversing the aging process and to take it a step further, their test subject is their very CEO.

Parrish was reportedly subjected to the gene therapy process to lengthen the caps on the telomeres – the end of the DNA molecules- which serves to protect the DNA from what they claim to be the answer to the aging process in experimental treatments where it involved their very CEO.

Although a lot of skeptics expressed doubt over the process, it has gained attention as to the plausibility of the theory behind it.

The tests were conducted on Parrish over a year ago which was initially intended to be used against stem cell depletion and the loss of muscle mass, which they found to be successful in increasing the length of the telomeres in Parrish’s while blood cells.

The telomeres are located at the ends of each chromosome that contain all the genetic information that provides the code for the organism and protects the DNA from wear and tear.

As a cell divides and chromosomes multiply, a small part of the telomeres gets cut off and as a person ages, the telomeres gets thinner until it reaches a critical size then the cell stops dividing and dies.

The company claimed that they have been successful with reversing the process by being able to find a way to lengthen the telomeres, thus prolong life through staying young longer.

One team from the Stanford Medical Center , in a different study, conducted a somewhat similar experiment involving the RNA in the lengthening of the telomeres, where they successfully managed to reverse the shortening of telomeres in the skin cells and gave them the ability to divide more than 40 times the rate compared to untreated cells.

This process, however, was limited only to tests within a controlled laboratory and the protective properties wear off after a few days, whereas the recent discovery announced by BioViva has taken it to another level by way of human testing.

The findings have not yet been scientifically published which further led to the slew of skepticism that it continues to encounter from the medical community.

BioViva has announced that it will continue to monitor and conduct more tests on Parrish, much debate is still expected whether this is actually true or not, but surely it will be a matter of time before this is ironed out.

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