{"id":35562,"date":"2017-03-24T22:42:28","date_gmt":"2017-03-25T05:42:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2017\/03\/critical-step-in-cellualr-repair-of-damaged-dna-identifi-edwhich-could-be-big-for-reversing-aging-and-human-trials-will-start-within-six-months"},"modified":"2017-04-24T18:43:14","modified_gmt":"2017-04-25T01:43:14","slug":"critical-step-in-cellualr-repair-of-damaged-dna-identifi-edwhich-could-be-big-for-reversing-aging-and-human-trials-will-start-within-six-months","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2017\/03\/critical-step-in-cellualr-repair-of-damaged-dna-identifi-edwhich-could-be-big-for-reversing-aging-and-human-trials-will-start-within-six-months","title":{"rendered":"Critical step in cellualr repair of damaged DNA identifi edwhich could be big for reversing aging and human trials will start within six months"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"aligncenter blog-photo\" href=\"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog.images\/critical-step-in-cellualr-repair-of-damaged-dna-identifi-edwhich-could-be-big-for-reversing-aging-and-human-trials-will-start-within-six-months.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>UNSW researchers have identified a critical step in the molecular process that allows cells to repair damaged DNA \u2013 and it could mean big things for the future of anti-ageing drugs, childhood cancer survivors and even astronauts. It 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>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>While our cells have an innate capability to repair DNA damage \u2212 which happens every time we go out into the sun, for example \u2013 their ability to do this declines as we age.<\/p>\n<p><!-- Link: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nextbigfuture.com\/2017\/03\/critical-step-in-cellualr-repair-of.html\">http:\/\/www.nextbigfuture.com\/2017\/03\/critical-step-in-cellualr-repair-of.html<\/a> --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>UNSW researchers have identified a critical step in the molecular process that allows cells to repair damaged DNA \u2013 and it could mean big things for the future of anti-ageing drugs, childhood cancer survivors and even astronauts. It could lead to a revolutionary drug that actually reverses ageing, improves DNA repair and could even help [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":354,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11,269,1514],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-35562","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\/35562","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\/354"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=35562"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35562\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":48416,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35562\/revisions\/48416"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=35562"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=35562"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=35562"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}