{"id":32704,"date":"2016-12-15T19:31:41","date_gmt":"2016-12-16T03:31:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2016\/12\/cellular-reprogramming-has-been-used-to-reverse-ageing-in-living-animals-for-the-first-time"},"modified":"2017-04-24T19:12:06","modified_gmt":"2017-04-25T02:12:06","slug":"cellular-reprogramming-has-been-used-to-reverse-ageing-in-living-animals-for-the-first-time","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2016\/12\/cellular-reprogramming-has-been-used-to-reverse-ageing-in-living-animals-for-the-first-time","title":{"rendered":"Cellular Reprogramming Has Been Used to Reverse Ageing in Living Animals for the First Time"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<p><iframe style=\"display: block; margin: 0 auto; width: 100%; aspect-ratio: 4\/3; object-fit: contain;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/h56hDCji1QM?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope;\n   picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>For the first time, scientists have used cellular reprogramming to reverse the ageing process in living animals, enabling mice with a form of premature ageing to live 30 percent longer than control animals.<\/p>\n<p>The technique involves the use of <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Induced_pluripotent_stem_cell\">induced pluripotent stem cells<\/a> (iPSCs), which lets scientists <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sciencealert.com\/japanese-scientists-have-used-skin-cells-to-restore-a-patient-s-vision-for-the-first-time\">reprogram skin cells<\/a> to a base, embryonic-like state. From there, iPSCs can develop <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sciencealert.com\/new-stem-cell-treatment-using-fat-cells-could-repair-any-tissue-in-the-body\">into other types of cells in the body<\/a> \u2013 and now researchers have shown that reprogramming cells can also rejuvenate living creatures, in addition to winding back cells.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn other studies scientists have completely reprogrammed cells all the way back to a stem-cell-like state,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.salk.edu\/news-release\/turning-back-time-salk-scientists-reverse-signs-aging\/\">says researcher Pradeep Reddy<\/a> from the Salk Institute for Biological Studies.<\/p>\n<p><!-- Link: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sciencealert.com\/cellular-reprogramming-has-been-used-to-reverse-ageing-in-living-animals-for-the-first-time\">http:\/\/www.sciencealert.com\/cellular-reprogramming-has-been-...first-time<\/a> --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>For the first time, scientists have used cellular reprogramming to reverse the ageing process in living animals, enabling mice with a form of premature ageing to live 30 percent longer than control animals. The technique involves the use of induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs), which lets scientists reprogram skin cells to a base, embryonic-like state. [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":405,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11,269],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-32704","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\/32704","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\/405"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=32704"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32704\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":38085,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32704\/revisions\/38085"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=32704"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=32704"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=32704"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}