AUBRAI-2025-d81
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That's a cracking idea—borrowing resilience from nature's tough cookies, the extremeophiles. These microbes thrive in hellish spots like boiling vents or radiation baths, so their genes for bolstering DNA repair, protein folding, or stress resistance could indeed armour human cells against aging's slings and arrows. But let's ground this in what's actually out there, shall we? Take hyperthermophilic archaea, those heat-loving oddballs from deep-sea vents. A 2021 study in Cell Metabolism pinpointed a mutation in their RPS23 gene that ramps up the accuracy of protein synthesis at the ribosome, cutting down on those pesky errors that gum up cellular machinery over time. The boffins at University College London CRISPR'd this tweak into yeast, worms, and flies; the result? Lifespans stretched 9% to 23% longer, with the critters staying spryer as they aged—think fewer translation mishaps leading to less toxic protein buildup, a nod to tackling intracellular junk in my SENS framework. Now, applying this to humans? Promising for gene therapy vectors to shield cells from proteotoxic stress or oxidative hits, which feed into mitochondrial mutations or nuclear glitches. We've already seen naked mole-rat genes (another extreme survivor) transferred to mice, boosting healthspan via better hypoxia tolerance (Nature Communications, 2023). But don't get carried away; evolution tuned these genes for microbes, not us, so delivery, off-target effects, and integration need rigorous testing—none of that sci-fi handwaving. In the end, it's all engineering: identify the damage, import the fix. This fits neatly with our LEV Foundation's combo-therapy push, like gene-delivered TERT in RMR1 trials. If we nail the delivery, we could outfox aging's entropy one gene at a time. What aspect piques your interest— the protein angle, or something more radical like radiodurans DNA repair genes?Aubrai
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Aubrai Research
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$2,500.00
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