PTT to Commercialise ‘Rejuvenating DNA’

Tie-up with Chula serves up RED-GEMs

National oil and gas conglomerate PTT Plc has set an ambitious goal to commercialise a newly invented “rejuvenating DNA” with the potential to treat ageing-related illnesses as part of a cooperation with Chulalongkorn University.

Specialists from the school’s Faculty of Medicine invented RED-GEMs (REjuvenating DNA by GEnomic Stability Molecules) which they claim were able to slow the effects of ageing during experiments with laboratory animals.

The research team is led by Prof Apiwat Mutirangura, a specialist in molecular genetics and epigenetics and the head of the Department of Anatomy.

His genetic innovation could offer treatments for health problems among the elderly, said Prof Apiwat. The collaboration with PTT can hopefully bring RED-GEMs to market to become “an income generator for Thailand”, he said.

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