A groundbreaking study from 2021, conducted at Tel Aviv University and the Shamir Medical Center, presents a fascinating discovery: air pressure chamber treatments may not only slow down, but even reverse the aging process of blood cells in healthy adults.
The significance of the amazing finding is that the biological age of the blood cells may actually "regret" as a result of the treatments.
The revolutionary process:
The researchers discovered that a unique protocol of high-pressure oxygen treatments inside a pressure chamber positively affects two key processes related to aging and disease:
- Telomeric shortening: the ends of the chromosomes, which shorten with age and contribute to aging.
Treatments in air pressure chambers showed a lengthening of the telomeres by up to 38% - an unprecedented result! - Accumulation of aging cells (zombie cells): These cells do not function properly and may lead to various diseases. Treatments with air pressure cells led to a decrease of up to 37% in the presence of aging cells - significant progress in the fight against age-related diseases.
The study focused on immune cells containing DNA taken from the blood of the participants.
These results raise hope for similar effects on other types of cells in the body, and point to tremendous potential for expanding the treatment to a wide range of medical fields.
The leading team:
The study was conducted under the leadership of Professor Shay Efrati, from the Sackler School of Medicine and the Sagol School of Neuroscience at Tel Aviv University, founder and director of the Sagol Center for Hyperbaric Medicine at the Shamir Medical Center; and Dr. Amir Hadani, Chief Medical Research Officer of the Sagol Center for Medicine and Hyperbaric Research at the Shamir Medical Center. The clinical trial was conducted as part of a broad Israeli research program that focuses on aging as a reversible condition.
Breakthrough implications:
- Treatments in air pressure chambers may be a therapeutic tool with enormous potential to slow down and even reverse the aging process.
- This discovery may lead to significant breakthroughs in the field of anti-aging medicine and a significant improvement in the health and quality of life of older people.
Additional information:
- Treatments in air pressure chambers involve breathing pure oxygen at high pressure inside a pressure chamber.
- These treatments are currently given in a variety of medical conditions, including sports injuries, pressure sores, and carbon monoxide poisoning.
- Further studies are required in order to examine the effects of air pressure cell therapy over time and on other types of cells in the body.
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