DNA & RNA

[Guest guest]

Not exactly on topic, but I feel relevant enough to be of interest to

the members of the group:

Can nucleic acid therapy reverse the degenerative processes of aging?

Geriatrics October 1977 130-136

" Of particular note is a study by English physician Max Odens in

which weekly injections of DNA and RNA were given to five rats with a

normal maximum life span of 800 to 900 days; treatment began at the

age of 750 days. All the untreated rats died before the age of 900

days, while four treated rats survived to ages of 1,600 to 1,900

days, and one rat survived 2,250 days. This degree of prolongation of

the life span is unparalleled in gerontological research. But few

investigators have paid attention to this study - despite the

remarkable conclusion - because of its small size and limited data. "