{"id":35544,"date":"2017-03-23T13:42:30","date_gmt":"2017-03-23T20:42:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2017\/03\/scientists-unveil-a-giant-leap-for-anti-aging"},"modified":"2017-06-04T07:07:58","modified_gmt":"2017-06-04T14:07:58","slug":"scientists-unveil-a-giant-leap-for-anti-aging","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2017\/03\/scientists-unveil-a-giant-leap-for-anti-aging","title":{"rendered":"Scientists unveil a giant leap for anti-aging"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"aligncenter blog-photo\" href=\"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog.images\/scientists-unveil-a-giant-leap-for-anti-aging.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I was under the impression that human trials were already underway, but this says they will start in 6 months.<\/p>\n<hr>\n<p>UNSW researchers have made a discovery that could lead to a revolutionary drug that actually reverses ageing, improves DNA repair and could even help NASA get its astronauts to Mars.<\/p>\n<p>In a paper published in <i>Science<\/i> today, the team identifies a critical step in the molecular process that allows cells to repair damaged DNA.<\/p>\n<p>Their experiments in mice suggest a treatment is possible for DNA damage from ageing and radiation. It is so promising it has attracted the attention of NASA, which believes the treatment can help its Mars mission.<\/p>\n<p><!-- Link: <a href=\"https:\/\/medicalxpress.com\/news\/2017-03-scientists-unveil-giant-anti-aging.html\">https:\/\/medicalxpress.com\/news\/2017&#45;03-scientists-unveil...aging.html<\/a> --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I was under the impression that human trials were already underway, but this says they will start in 6 months. UNSW researchers have made a discovery that could lead to a revolutionary drug that actually reverses ageing, improves DNA repair and could even help NASA get its astronauts to Mars. In a paper published in [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":388,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11,269,1514],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-35544","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-biotech-medical","category-life-extension","category-space-travel"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35544","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=35544"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35544\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":58329,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35544\/revisions\/58329"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=35544"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=35544"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=35544"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}