Rejuvenation breakthrough: Scientists reverse 60 years of aging in human cells

[u/Distinct-Question-16]

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2026/10/261020085013.htm

Not 10, 60

[u/ArgonWilde]

Reduced the characteristics of cells of an X year old subject, so that the CELL appeared and behaved like one from a subject 60 years younger, right?

Doing this on the cellular level, sure. But can it be done on all cells of a subject? What implications would it have for that organism? Does having 60 years younger cells mean anything, ultimately?

[u/Scared_Weird6087 → u/ArgonWilde]

We have just begun testing this technology on humans; it will take decades, if all goes well

[u/cat9tail → u/ArgonWilde]

As a 61 year old, this terrifies me.

[u/Mindrust]

Big if true

Strange how I haven’t seen this in [r/longevity](r/longevity)

[u/ozone6587]

This soon will become r/Futurology . At least with math breakthroughs the results are indisputable. Something tells me this will go nowhere.

[u/TurpentineEnjoyer → u/ozone6587]

A lot of articles promising the world are a combination of:

1. Someone needs funding, so they're hyping up the work to investors.
   or 2. A journalist needs clicks, so they sensationalize an otherwise mundane article.

I reckon this is a genuinely interesting piece of biological engineering, but yeah it's a lab condition, labour intensive process that cannot scale. Most likely.

We can reconvene in 200 years and apologize for being cynical.

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[u/ArugulaAnnual1765]

So what happens if someone who is 60 does this, do they become a newborn?

What if the person is less than 60, do they become an embryo, egg, sperm or an abstract idea?

[u/Distinct-Question-16 → u/ArugulaAnnual1765]

altered states

[u/Scared_Weird6087]

This is wonderful news! Right now, Life Biosciences in America is testing Yamanaka factors in vivo—a trial that has just cleared phase 1 in the U.S.—focusing on the retina and using a very traditional approach. Meanwhile, dozens upon dozens of laboratories are testing far more innovative approaches, with varying degrees of success. All of this is fantastic; studying biomedical engineering in 2026 is an amazing thing!

[u/bigkoi]

The scientists then celebrated with dinner at a Howard Johnson's restaurant

[u/Noeyiax]

seen this millions of times 😂 wake me up wake me up. when everyone is gone

[u/Scared_Weird6087 → u/Noeyiax]

When were the Yamanaka factors successfully applied to human cells? Could you tell me?

[u/KeyDirection23]

No! Not until the Boomers are gone. Hold off!

[u/BigFootCrossingGaurd → u/KeyDirection23]

[u/pbagel2]

sciencedaily = disregard

[u/omikeon]

We don’t need billionaires living another 60 years

[u/ExplorersX → u/omikeon]

I can see the headlines/comments now in the future: "Cancer finally universally cured! Why this is a bad thing because rich people won't get cancer anymore!"

[u/threadthrasher]

You know what else reveres aging in a Petri dish? A gun.

Wait, no, that worked better on something else.

[u/ocean_boulevard → u/threadthrasher]

An interesting scientific article covering a breakthrough and the first comment is a lame joke posted by a top 1% commenter

r/redditmoment

[u/ThinkExtension2328 → u/threadthrasher]

Technically true tho, the way dna is placed into a sample is via a dna shotgun of sorts. 😂

[u/bcgr1]

they always do these studies with the goal of preventing diseases that come with aging (which is great) but what I think most people are interested in is "appearance", looking and feeling young again, is this going to be achievable within our lifetimes? that's what I would like to know.

[u/hold_me_beer_m8 → u/bcgr1]

Is it achievable in our lifetime? I would say so if we hit the singularity in the next 10-20 years.

[u/wild_crazy_ideas → u/bcgr1]

Now exactly how are you going to shrink your nose and ears back down