By Joshua Hawkins – BGR
A group of German scientists may have finally cracked the code to slow down human aging. According to a new study published in Nature, researchers with the University of Cologne in Germany have discovered a breakthrough in gene transcription that could be the key to how aging works.
Further, this key may be malleable, allowing us to use certain processes to reverse the changes caused by gene transcription. This key is the process used by RNA to copy pieces of DNA. The researchers found that as humans age, this process speeds up and becomes less precise — more prone to errors.
One researcher involved in the new study, Dr. Andreas Beyer, told Euronews that previous studies have all focused on why humans age and which genes were being flipped on and off during the process. But, Beyer says nobody stopped to ask how the transcription process changes as we age — which could prove useful in slowing human aging.
