A blast of ultrasound waves could rejuvenate ageing cells

Treatment with low-frequency ultrasound resumed cell division in aged human cells and improved physical performance in older mice

To Michael Le Paige

Low-frequency ultrasound appears to have a rejuvenating effect on animals. In addition to resuming cell division in aged human cells, it also revitalized aged mice and improved their physical performance in tests such as running on a treadmill and making hunched aged mice move normally again. rice field.

“‘Is this too good to be true?’ is a question I often ask,” says Michael Sheetz of the University of Texas School of Medicine. That team…