Reversing Aging? By Mrs Vera West

According to G. M. Fahy (et al.), “Reversal of Epigenetic Aging and Immunosenescent Trends in Humans,” Aging Cell, May 11, 2019, doi:10.1111/acel.13028, it is possible to reverse human aging at the cellular level by about 1.5 years less than baseline. And there was according to the GrimAge predictor of human morbidity and mortality, a 2-year decrease in epigenetic aging relative to chronological aging.

The clinical trial was known as the Thymus Regeneration, Immunorestoration and Insulin Mitigation trial. It involved the use of recombinant human growth hormone (rhGH), which was combined with dehydroepiandrosterone (DHEA) and metformin, also proposed as anti-aging chemicals.

While this is early days, it may be possible to hold back the Grim Reaper for a little while longer. But the drugs will no doubt be expensive, and probably something only the rich will be able to gobble down, while we all slowly turn to dust.