LONGEVITY: DISCOVER HOW TO REJUVENATE THE IMMUNE SYSTEM AND 'TEACH' THE BODY TO 'MANUFACTURE A YOUNG VERSION OF ITSELF'
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✍️ A team of researchers from MIT and the Broad Institute have proposed a new approach to rejuvenate the immune system by teaching the body to produce a younger version of itself, rather than directly rejuvenating the system.
👉 The thymus starts to shrink and become inactive from early adulthood, leading to a decline in the immune system's ability to protect against infections and diseases. 👉 The researchers designed a biological engineering approach to mimic the signals emitted by a young thymus. 👉 They used nanoparticles to deliver mRNA that codes for three essential factors for the survival and maturation of T-cells. 👉 The results in aged mice showed that the populations of T-cells increased in number and diversity, making the immune system more youthful and flexible.
-- #MircoFriedrich #FengZhang #MaríaJimenaDelgadoDíaz #MIT #BroadInstitute #science
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