For the First Time in History: a Human Cell Has Been Made…

For the First Time in History: a Human Cell Has Been Made Young Again. Not in a lab dish. Not in a mouse. In a living person. A landmark clinical trial just treated its first human participant with a cellular reprogramming therapy, technology designed to make old damaged cells behave as if they were young again. This is not science fiction. This is happening right now. Here is what the science actually involves: Three genes that can partially reprogram aged cells, nudging them back in time to restore features of young cells without pushing them so far back that they lose their specialised identity entirely. The target for this first trial — glaucoma. Specifically the optic nerve