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Regrowing Nerves, Organs, Limbs — and Reversing Alzheimer's
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The therapeutic applications of age-reversal research cascade across organ systems as Sinclair explains that injured nerves — whether in the peripheral nervous system, brain, or optic nerve — can be regrown using OSK technology. A Nature magazine cover in 2020 showed these nerves regrowing in mice. A Chinese group has since applied the technology to regenerate muscle and bone in mice with damaged joints, opening the door to treating osteoarthritis and sports injuries. But the most emotionally resonant claim comes when Sinclair asserts that Alzheimer's patients have not lost their memories — the memories are simply inaccessible in aged brain tissue. He and his colleagues have preliminary evidence in mice that rejuvenating the brain restores those memories, suggesting that the make-the-body-young approach could one day cure currently incurable neurological diseases.
Old mice given Sinclair's secret 3-component rejuvenation drink 3 days a week showed measurable improvements in physical fitness and memory after just one month.
Sinclair's lab has a top-secret 3-component rejuvenating cocktail that old mice drink 3 days a week. Within just 4 weeks, the mice show measurable improvements in physical fitness, strength, and memory — and the effect works through the same epigenetic clock mechanism as the OSK genes.
Alzheimer's patients haven't lost their memories — they just can't access them. Sinclair's lab has hints that rejuvenating the brain restores lost memories in mice, suggesting Alzheimer's could one day be reversed by making the brain young again.
