The possibility that an elixir of immortal elixir "Elixir" will become a reality emerges

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If you hear "Elixir", there are many people who reminds of the recovery item that appears in the FINAL FANTASY series, but the former neta is an elixir of immortality in alchemy. Elderly immortality was nothing but a tradition, but the possibility of creating a real "Elixir" has emerged with the development of chemicals that can reverse cell aging.

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Dr. Collins, who belongs to the US health research institute and deciphers the human genome, is a progeria disease whose systemic aging abnormally progresses and often loses its life as a result of senescence by the age of 12Hutchinson · Guilford · Progeria syndromeChildren using three skin cells to examine the effect of "rapamycin" chemicals. An American researcher team, including world famous scientist Francis Collins, hopes that this discovery will establish a new treatment for this disease.

It is easy to understand how serious this disease is from the example of Hayley Okines. As aging progresses at 8 times the speed of healthy subjects, aging equivalent to about 96 years old has progressed around the age of 12, and it is a risk that the life will be physically lifted It was. However, since I was able to have a 13-year-old birthday in January this year, attention has gathered from all sides.


In the body of a patient with Hutchinson · Guildford · Progeria syndrome, the mutated toxic protein "progerin" grows in all cells in the body, causing rapid aging. When "rapamycin" was administered to the patient, it succeeded to push the toxic protein out of the cell and to make the cell normal. Moreover, it was announced in the journal "The journal Science Translational Medicine" that the lifespan of the cell itself was extended.

It is known that the symptoms of Hutchinson · Guildford · Progeria syndrome and general human aging process have several common terms. Progerin, a toxic protein, exists in a healthy subject even though it is a small amount compared to a patient, and it is considered to be one of aging-causing substances, so if you use "rapamycin" you can stop aging, The possibility of prolonging the life expectancy has emerged.

From the story so far, "rapamycin" sounds like a miracle new medicine, but it has already been used to suppress the function of the immune system during organ transplantation, made from bacteria found in the soil of Easter Island It is what it is. First of all it seems that development will be promoted for use as a treatment for diseases, but future research on use for general use may proceed and drugs that can stop aging may appear.