“The idea that aging may be reversible, and treatable by drugs is an exciting prospect, given the economic and healthcare costs associated with the ever-growing aged population around the world.'
, the African turquoise killifish, is known to have the shortest life span of any vertebrate species. They hatch and rapidly grow in the rainy season and mature in just two weeks, after which they reproduce daily till the end of the season.
“We performed a thorough cellular and molecular characterization of skeletal muscle from early life, aged and extremely old late-life stages, revealing many similarities to sarcopenia in humans and other mammals,” said Dr. Ruparelia, who believes their study of Sarcopenia to be the first using killifish.In their analysis, the researchers found that these hallmarks of aging reversed in the late-life stage.
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