{"id":246062,"date":"2026-10-28T17:05:37","date_gmt":"2026-10-28T22:05:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2026\/10\/scientists-found-the-fountain-of-youth-and-how-to-turn-it-on"},"modified":"2026-10-28T17:05:37","modified_gmt":"2026-10-28T22:05:37","slug":"scientists-found-the-fountain-of-youth-and-how-to-turn-it-on","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2026\/10\/scientists-found-the-fountain-of-youth-and-how-to-turn-it-on","title":{"rendered":"Scientists Found the Fountain of Youth \u2014 And How to Turn it On?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><iframe title=\"Scientists Found the Fountain of Youth \u2014 And How to Turn it On?\" style=\"display: block; margin: 0 auto; width: 100%; aspect-ratio: 4\/3; object-fit: contain;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/q1linw9AQX4?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope;\n   picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Haven\u2019t heard from Dr West in awhile.<\/p>\n<hr>\n<p>What if aging isn\u2019t wear and tear\u2014but a switch nature deliberately flipped off? Stem cell pioneer Michael West reveals why evolution shut down immortality in your body (hint: it\u2019s a tumor-suppressive defense), and how the immortal germline may hold the key to turning it back on. From the discovery of telomerase to cloning Dolly the sheep, he shows that developmental aging is fully reversible\u2014and explains why the current partial reprogramming craze is getting it wrong.<\/p>\n<p>Credits To Dr. Michael West &amp; Verisimil<\/p>\n<p>Credits to Verisimil, full video link as below:<br \/> \u2022 UC Berkeley Aging &amp; Longevity Conference -\u2026<\/p>\n<p>Please note that the links below are affiliate links, so we receive a small commission when you purchase a product through the links. Thank you for your support!<\/p>\n<div class=\"more-link-wrapper\"> <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2026\/10\/scientists-found-the-fountain-of-youth-and-how-to-turn-it-on\">Continue reading \u201cScientists Found the Fountain of Youth \u2014 And How to Turn it On?\u201d | &gt;<\/a><\/div><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Haven\u2019t heard from Dr West in awhile. What if aging isn\u2019t wear and tear\u2014but a switch nature deliberately flipped off? Stem cell pioneer Michael West reveals why evolution shut down immortality in your body (hint: it\u2019s a tumor-suppressive defense), and how the immortal germline may hold the key to turning it back on. From the [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":388,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11,385,269],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-246062","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-biotech-medical","category-evolution","category-life-extension"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/246062","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\/388"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=246062"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/246062\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=246062"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=246062"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=246062"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}