{"id":216613,"date":"2025-06-26T01:03:03","date_gmt":"2025-06-26T06:03:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2025\/06\/restoring-youth-scientists-use-engineered-cells-to-restore-vitality-in-primates"},"modified":"2025-06-26T01:03:03","modified_gmt":"2025-06-26T06:03:03","slug":"restoring-youth-scientists-use-engineered-cells-to-restore-vitality-in-primates","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2025\/06\/restoring-youth-scientists-use-engineered-cells-to-restore-vitality-in-primates","title":{"rendered":"Restoring youth: Scientists use engineered cells to restore vitality in primates"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"padding-right: 20px\"><a class=\"aligncenter blog-photo\" href=\"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog.images\/restoring-youth-scientists-use-engineered-cells-to-restore-vitality-in-primates.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Researchers from the Chinese Academy of Sciences and Capital Medical University utilized gene editing to create senescence-resistant human mesenchymal progenitor cells (SRCs). In a 44-week trial on aged macaques, biweekly intravenous SRC injections induced no adverse effects and spurred multi-system rejuvenation in 10 major physiological systems and 61 tissue types. Treated macaques displayed enhanced cognitive function and diminished age-related degeneration. The SRCs work by releasing exosomes that curb cellular senescence and inflammation. This study presents the first primate-level proof of cell therapy\u2019s safety and efficacy in reversing aging, presenting a potential multi-system approach for human anti-aging research.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Researchers from the Chinese Academy of Sciences and Capital Medical University utilized gene editing to create senescence-resistant human mesenchymal progenitor cells (SRCs). In a 44-week trial on aged macaques, biweekly intravenous SRC injections induced no adverse effects and spurred multi-system rejuvenation in 10 major physiological systems and 61 tissue types. Treated macaques displayed enhanced cognitive [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":530,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1902,11,269,47],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-216613","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-bioengineering","category-biotech-medical","category-life-extension","category-neuroscience"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/216613","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/530"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=216613"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/216613\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=216613"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=216613"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=216613"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}