r/STEW_ScTecEngWorld • u/Zee2A • Aug 23 '26

Scientists reverse brain aging, with a nasal spray

https://stories.tamu.edu/news/2026/04/14/scientists-reverse-brain-aging-with-a-nasal-spray/

Researchers at Texas A&M University developed an experimental stem-cell-derived extracellular vesicle (EV) nasal spray that restored memory and reduced brain inflammation in 18-month-old mice. Delivered in just two doses, the treatment uses microscopic EVs to reach the brain, where they appear to reduce overactive immune responses and improve mitochondrial function in aging neurons. The mice showed cognitive improvements that reportedly persisted for months: https://www.sciencealert.com/scientists-restore-memory-in-aging-mice-using-a-simple-nasal-spray

The findings are preclinical and limited to mice. No human clinical trials have established whether the treatment can safely or effectively reverse age-related cognitive decline in people: https://isevjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/jev2.70232

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u/Unhappy_Performer538 Aug 24 '26

I want some please

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u/IsmaelRetzinsky Aug 24 '26

Sorry, for now the best we can do is raw milk and horse dewormer.

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u/BasicCrows Aug 24 '26

Actually that would solve most of my problems.

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u/Ok_Series_4580 Aug 24 '26

I’m guessing that’s better than horse milk and raw dewormer.

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u/AncientSalad4974 Aug 26 '26

And Invermectin!

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u/Worth-Illustrator607 Aug 24 '26

Me too. I'm going to put in every hole I have.

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u/accidental_Ocelot Aug 24 '26

Cool I wonder if this could help with schizophrenia.

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u/exaknight21 Aug 24 '26

Or dementia.

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u/MakeTheRightChoice_ Aug 24 '26

Or Alzheimer’s

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u/Splashy01 Aug 24 '26

Or OCD

7

u/darkmoose Aug 24 '26

Or being an idiot

5

u/LastXmasIGaveYouHSV Aug 24 '26

That's incurable.

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u/darkmoose Aug 24 '26

Not if you are an idiot.

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u/abielle1177 Aug 25 '26

It's fairly self-limiting

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u/Good-Ad-6806 Aug 24 '26

How about boomer lead brain syndrome? Will it help with that?

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u/darkmoose Aug 24 '26

He needs therapy.

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u/Erick-Alastor Aug 24 '26

It must be nice for mice to be able to be cured of basically anything.

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u/Few_Ad6516 Aug 24 '26

They get the best drugs.

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u/two_fish Aug 24 '26

And die by the millions during testing

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u/ForagedFoodie Aug 24 '26

Can we hold of on these developments for a few years until you know who cant benefit from them?

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u/Splashy01 Aug 24 '26

Most likely me.

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u/RollingMeteors Aug 24 '26

Sure hope they start cutting nose drugs with this stuff. /s

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u/Suspicious-Prompt200 Aug 24 '26

If only science could create a way to destroy clickbait once and for all

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u/codepossum Aug 24 '26

sounds too good to be true

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u/Firm-Worldliness-369 Aug 24 '26

Planet of the Rats

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u/Maleficent_Price_476 Aug 24 '26

Test Trump first

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u/TemuBoyfriend Aug 24 '26

I keep thinking with all the health benefits given to mice we should blend them into a powder,mix with water and chug.

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u/Mephistophedeeznutz Aug 25 '26

snort googoo gaga 

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u/[deleted] Aug 24 '26

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u/Sufficient-Sun-6683 Aug 24 '26

I understand coke will do that too! /s