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Unlocking the Anti-Aging Possibilities of Our Body’s Own Immune Cells
The fountain of youth may have been inside us all along
It remains a mythical place, a state where those of a certain age migrate for a host of reasons.
Modern day Florida was thought by many — including the native Taino and a certain Spanish explorer — to be the site of the legendary Fountain of Youth.
The healing waters were thought to come from a spring in what became the 27th state in the union.
Turns out, the secret to staying forever young was inside us this whole time. It just requires some fine tuning.
This information comes to us courtesy of a different spring — Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory. Scientists there, including Assistant Professor Corina Amor Vegas and colleagues discovered; T cells can be reprogrammed to fight aging, so to speak.
Here’s what their research tells us.
Spring forward
Aging can be tough, although I prefer it to the alternative.
There’s a certain type, or more specifically a group of cells, often referred to as Zombie cells. These zombie cells are pretty much dead and no longer dividing.
