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Gene therapy successfully regenerates an old organ inside a living animal

2014-04-09 16:30:12| Extremetech

In a landmark study sure to provoke interest, researchers from the University of Edinburgh have regenerated an aged organ -- in vivo, inside a living animal -- to its youthful state though noninvasive manipulation of genes. It's a breakthrough that not only brings hope for a wide variety of age-related ailments, but which fundamentally challenges our idea of what aging is.

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