Attempts to Reverse Aspects of Ovarian Aging

Fertility clinics, just like "anti-aging" clinics, are a lucrative niche industry that has the potential to stop being sketchy and fraud-ridden just as soon as reliable rejuvenation therapies arrive on the scene. Given this, one might view these and a number of other similar industries as potential pools of funding to help bring the first rejuvenation therapies to the clinic. That has to be balanced against the bad publicity attendant with doing business in this part of the market, but considered in the long run, if the therapies work then will even justifiable initial skepticism much matter? The Society for Rescue of Our Elders and Betterhumans trials of senolytic drugs to clear senescent cells are one example of a faction within the highly dubious "anti-aging" marketplace starting to embrace an approach that actually works. Today's topic is ovarian aging, and the desire to turn back all of the reproductive and metabolic changes that come with it. A variety of interesting efforts on this front have emerged in recent years. You might recall that researchers engineered artificial ovaries and demonstrated them to be fully functional in mice earlier this year, for example. The transplantation of young ovaries into old mice has been demonstrated to extend life and improve health. Over at the SENS Research Foundation you'll find a fairly science-heavy article from a few years back that covers these and other initiatives aimed at postponing menopause. Here I'll point ...
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