Scientists are working to help people live longer and healthier lives. While we’ve made progress, we still haven’t found a way to stop our bodies from breaking down as we age. The United Arab Emirates (UAE) is investing in research to help people live longer and healthier lives, which will help the economy and reduce the burden on healthcare. The UAE is also working on the Emirati Genome Project to better understand genes and improve healthcare. The scientist speaking, Professor David Sinclair, believes that within the next decade, we will make big advancements in medicine, helping people avoid diseases like heart disease, cancer, and dementia. The UAE is leading the way in genetics and artificial intelligence research, and these technologies will advance medicine quickly, making it hard to imagine what life will be like in the future.
So there’s a man in Sweden who has an identical twin brother who looks younger and is actually younger even though they have the same DNA. This means that people with the same DNA can have different ages. The man in Sweden studies aging and thinks that aging is a disease that can be cured. Aging happens because the body’s “software” gets corrupted over time, like scratches on a CD. The body’s “software” is called the genome, and there is another type of information called the epigenome that is controlled by how you live your life. By studying the epigenome, doctors can understand how fast you are aging and give you medicine to slow it down and even reverse the process.
There is a scientist named Shinya Yamanaka who discovered that four genes from embryos can be used to make stem cells. These stem cells can be used to grow new tissues and make organs in the lab, but it can also cause cancer. A student named Wang Cheng Lu worked with a professor named David Sinclair to find a way to use three safe genes to reverse the age of human skin cells without causing cancer. They were successful and the experiment worked on mice with damaged optic nerves and mice with glaucoma. They were able to restore vision and reverse the disease. They also grew human brains in the lab to study Alzheimer’s disease and found a way to reverse the memory loss in mice. The professor believes that rejuvenation of the human body is coming, and it will start with the eye, then hearing loss, dementia, muscle and kidney problems.
Dr. Sinclair is talking about how to stay healthy and live a long life. He says it’s important to make small changes, like eating a small breakfast or walking more. He also takes some pills and supplements to help him stay healthy. He says he and his dad are very healthy and active even though they are old. He thinks we can slow down and even reverse aging so we can live longer and healthier lives.
