University of Bonn

Imagine being 80 years old and discovering that some of your body’s cells could be made to resemble those of a teenager. It sounds like something pulled straight out of science fiction, but researchers in Germany have achieved something remarkably close in a laboratory experiment. Scientists at the University of Bonn have reprogrammed blood cell …

Scientists have found a way to make cells from an 80-year-old donor display a molecular age of less than 20, opening up new possibilities for studying how the body ages. The discovery came with an unexpected detail: the rejuvenation happened gradually, allowing researchers to watch the process unfold over more than 100 days. The research, …