{"id":244433,"date":"2026-09-23T17:05:15","date_gmt":"2026-09-23T22:05:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2026\/09\/breakthrough-drug-reverses-skin-aging-and-dramatically-speeds-healing"},"modified":"2026-09-23T17:05:15","modified_gmt":"2026-09-23T22:05:15","slug":"breakthrough-drug-reverses-skin-aging-and-dramatically-speeds-healing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2026\/09\/breakthrough-drug-reverses-skin-aging-and-dramatically-speeds-healing","title":{"rendered":"Breakthrough drug reverses skin aging and dramatically speeds healing"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"aligncenter blog-photo\" href=\"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog.images\/breakthrough-drug-reverses-skin-aging-and-dramatically-speeds-healing.webp\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>ABT-263 also increased the activity of genes involved in rebuilding damaged tissue. These included genes associated with collagen production and the formation of new blood vessels.<\/p>\n<p>Collagen is a structural protein that provides strength and support to skin and other tissues. New blood vessel growth is equally important because healing tissue needs a steady supply of oxygen and nutrients as it rebuilds itself.<\/p>\n<p>Together, these changes suggest that ABT-263 did more than simply remove damaged cells. The treatment also appeared to create conditions that helped aging skin mount a stronger regenerative response.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ABT-263 also increased the activity of genes involved in rebuilding damaged tissue. These included genes associated with collagen production and the formation of new blood vessels. Collagen is a structural protein that provides strength and support to skin and other tissues. New blood vessel growth is equally important because healing tissue needs a steady supply [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":396,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11,269],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-244433","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-biotech-medical","category-life-extension"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/244433","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\/396"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=244433"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/244433\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=244433"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=244433"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=244433"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}