Bonn Team Partially Reverses Cell Aging, Resetting Epigenetic Clocks by 60 Years
Dr_Singularity · x · 2026-11-15
WIRED covers a University of Bonn study (Aging Cell) by Oliver Brüstle's team:
- Starting from blood cells of donors aged from infant to 101 years, they guided cells toward a younger state without full pluripotency, avoiding cancer risks of pluripotent cells.
- In under two months of reprogramming, DNA methylation age markers were pushed back by up to 60 years.
- Rejuvenation continued even when proliferation was drastically reduced, so it can't be explained by cell division alone; the process can be tracked step by step, informing safer de-aging therapies.
- Results remain limited to lab-grown cells, far from clinical use.
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