Antiaging Gene Therapies Extend Lifespan of Mice by 41%

July 1, 2021 by Brian Wang

Antiaging gene therapies to overexpress TERT and Follistatin were used in a mouse model. The mice saw a 41 and 32% increase in median life span. The study also used a novel viral vector, cytomegalovirus for the delivery. Liz Parish of Bioviva has treated herself with all of these antiaging gene therapies. If humans experienced …

Reversible RNA Switch Controls Gene Therapy Dosage

December 26, 2019 by Brian Wang

Scientists at Scripps Research in Jupiter have developed a special molecular switch that could be embedded into gene therapies to allow doctors to control dosing. The new transgene switching system to be used in a wide variety of envisioned gene therapies. The lab made a new transgene switch from a family of ribonucleic acid (RNA) …