Engineered enzyme erases a stubborn mark of aging by up to 70% in human tissue samples
Engineered enzymes are being utilized to reverse molecular protein damage in human tissue samples, potentially addressing a biological marker of aging.
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The obvious questions
What does the enzyme do?
The engineered enzyme performs enzymatic deglycation to reverse specific protein damage that accumulates in human tissue over time.
How effective has the treatment been?
Studies on donor skin samples indicate the enzyme can erase up to 70% of the targeted chemical mark of aging.
Has this been tested in living humans?
Coverage confirms the testing was conducted on human tissue samples; it does not specify any testing in living humans.
The story so far
Chemists have identified and targeted protein damage in human tissue that accumulates over decades, comparing the process to bread browning in a toaster. Research involving an engineered enzyme has shown a reduction of this chemical mark by up to 70% in donor skin samples.
Coverage from Nature, ScienceBlog.com, and Revel Pharmaceuticals highlights the enzymatic deglycation process. Reporting from C&EN, the Miami Herald, the-scientist.com, and Phys.org emphasizes the potential for this discovery to impact the study of aging and skin health.
Future developments remain to be seen regarding broader applications of this enzyme. Coverage does not yet specify clinical trial timelines or long-term safety profiles.
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The reporting (7)
- A type of protein damage chemists compare to bread turning brown in a toaster has been building up in human tissue for decades, and a new enzyme just reversed more than half of it in donor skin ScienceBlog.com · 45d ago
- New enzyme may reverse one cause of aging. Can we say goodbye to wrinkles forever? Miami Herald · 45d ago
- Revel Pharmaceuticals and Collaborators Report Enzymatic Reversal of a Chemical Hallmark of Aging in Human Tissue Business Wire · 45d ago
- Enzyme engineers tackle protein damage from aging C&EN · 45d ago
- Reversal of protein chemical aging by enzymatic deglycation Nature · 45d ago
- Lawnmower-like Enzyme Rewinds Decades of Molecular Aging in Human Tissue the-scientist.com · 45d ago
- Engineered enzyme erases a stubborn mark of aging by up to 70% in human tissue samples Phys.org · 45d ago
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