What is Rejuvenation Medicine?
Rejuvenation is the process of restoring youthfulness or reversing the aging process, whether at the cellular, tissue, organ, or whole-organism level. It implies the reversal of aging, so they function as they did when they were younger.
Applications of Rejuvenation:
Rejuvenation is the process of restoring youthfulness or reversing the aging process, whether at the cellular, tissue, organ, or whole-organism level. It implies the reversal of aging, so they function as they did when they were younger.
Molecular Rejuvenative Medicine:
Molecular Anti-aging therapies include rejuvenation of organs and rejuvenation of cells or tissues, which slows or reverses biological aging.
Using Specific Molecules to rejuvenate damaged organs (heart, kidney, liver, etc.).
Treatment of degenerative diseases:
Such as Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s, osteoarthritis, and age-related vision loss.
Immune rejuvenation:
Boosting immune response in elderly or immunocompromised individuals.
Cosmetic and Dermatology:
Skin rejuvenation:
Procedures to improve skin texture, reduce wrinkles, and restore elasticity.
Hair rejuvenation:
Treatments to stimulate hair regrowth or slow hair loss, reversal of gray hair.
Whole-Organism Rejuvenation (Emerging Area):
Systemic approaches, such as Yamanaka factors, aim to rejuvenate the entire body by replenishing the stem cell repertoire.
Gene therapy:
Reversing aging at the genetic level (e.g., telomere extension, epigenetic reprogramming).
