seems like good news!
pretty sure this is the experimental therapy Liz Parrish recieved
Gene therapy vectors carrying the telomerase gene do not increase the risk of cancer
Gene therapy with telomerase was developed by CNIO in 2012 and has proved effective in mice against infarction, as well as in mouse models of aplastic anaemia and idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis associated to short telomeres
CENTRO NACIONAL DE INVESTIGACIONES ONCOLÓGICAS (CNIO)
IMAGE: THE NUCLEI ARE IN BLUE, ALVEOLAR TYPE II CELLS IN GREEN AND TELOMERES IN RED. NOTICE THAT LUNG CELLS TREATED WITH ACTIVE TELOMERASE PRESENT MORE INTENSE TELOMERES INDICATING THAT THEY... view more
CREDIT: CNIO
Negative results and findings in science are perhaps less newsworthy, but they are no less important. Particularly when, as in this case, they demonstrate that a possible new therapeutic pathway against idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis and other diseases associated to short telomeres is in fact safe. Researchers from the Spanish National Cancer Research Centre (CNIO) have shown in a new study that the gene therapy with telomerase that they have developed, and which has proven to be effective in mice against diseases caused by excessive telomere shortening and ageing, does not cause cancer or increase the risk of developing it, even in a cancer-prone setting.