'TRANSFORM human history': Doctor issues BOLD stance on anti-aging shot

[00:00:05]>> Dana: GOOD NEWS.

[00:00:06]POTENTIAL BREAKTHROUGH IN THE SCIENCE OF AGING.

[00:00:09]BOSTON BIO TECH STARTUP INJECTING ITS FIRST HUMAN PATIENT WITH A SHOT TO MAKE CELLS YOUNGER MEANT TO TARGET EYE DISEASE.

[00:00:17]WE HAVE THE DETAILS FROM WASHINGTON.

[00:00:19]TELL US MORE.

[00:00:21]>> IN IS A MILESTONE FDA HUMAN TRIAL AIMED AT REVERSING AGE RELATED VISION LOSS.

[00:00:26]THE TREATMENT IS INJECTED DIRECTLY INTO THE EYE AND ACTIVATED LATER BY A COURSE OF ANTIBIOTICS.

[00:00:33]GENE THERAPY CALLED ER100 WORKS TO CLEAN UP THE INSTRUCTIONS THAT DNA PROVIDES TO CELLS MAKING CELLS FUNCTION AS THEY DID WHEN YOU WERE A TEENAGER.

[00:00:50]LIFE BIO SCIENCES.

[00:00:57]THE IDEA IS THAT IF THAT INFORMATION PROVIDED TO THE CELLS CAN BE SAFELY REPROGRAMMED HUMAN DISEASE AND AGING COULD BE REVERSED.

[00:01:05]IF THIS TRIAL GOES WELL SCIENTISTS WILL JUMP TO FIND WHERE ELSE IN THE BODY IT COULD WORK.

[00:01:09]>> WE'RE NOW ENTERING AN ERA WHERE LIFE SPAN MAY BEGIN EXTENDING LONGER THAN OUR HORIZONS IMAGINED.

[00:01:17]120, 130.

[00:01:19]SOME POINT WE SAY HUH, ARE WE THE FIRST GENERATION WHO AREN'T GOING TO DIE?

[00:01:24]>> THAT'S A QUESTION THAT TECH ENTREPRENEUR BRIAN JOHNSON HAS DEDICATED HIS LIFE TO.

[00:01:29]OTHERS ARE CATCHING ON.

[00:01:31]MAJOR U.S. INVESTORS ENTERING THE LONGEVITY REALM.

[00:01:37]RUSSIAN PRESIDENT VLADIMIR PUTIN HAS EMBARKED ON A $26 BILLION QUEST FOR LONGEVITY.

[00:01:43]REPORT NOTES RUSSIAN SCIENTISTS ARE WORKING ON DEVELOPMENTS SUCH AS GENE THERAPY BUT ALSO 3D PRINTED ORGANS.

[00:02:00]>> Bill: YOU WERE LISTEN TO THAT.

[00:02:02]IS IT POSSIBLE, HAPPENING?

[00:02:04]>> IT IS VERY EXCITING.

[00:02:06]THE ER100, A NEW DRUG GENE THERAPY CAN POTENTIALLY REVERSE BIOLOGICAL DISEASE.

[00:02:18]THIS ESSENTIALLY FLIPS THE BIOLOGICAL SWITCH.

[00:02:21]>> Dana: HE WAS TALKING ABOUT EYE DISEASE AND MACULAR DEGENERATION.

[00:02:25]MY MOM IS GOING THROUGH THAT.

[00:02:28]CURIOUS.

[00:02:28]HOW -- I UNDERSTAND HOW IT WOULD WORK, TELLS THE CELLS.

[00:02:32]GO BACK AND DO SOMETHING DIFFERENT.

[00:02:34]WHAT ARE THE CLINICAL TRIALS LIKE IN SOMETHING LIKE THIS?

[00:02:36]WHO SIGNS UP AND SAYS I WILL GIVE IT A SHOT?

[00:02:39]>> WE'RE IN THE FIRST CLINICAL TRIAL AND 12 PEOPLE.

[00:02:42]I BELIEVE THAT IT WILL TAKE SOME TIME.

[00:02:45]HOWEVER, IF THIS WORKS, IT WILL TRANSFORM HUMAN HISTORY.

[00:02:50]AND LIVES.

[00:02:51]>> Bill: WE WERE LOOKING AT THE POLL.

[00:02:55]A PEW POLL.

[00:02:56]IT SHOWED 40% OF ADULTS TAKE -- I THOUGHT IT WOULD BE A LOT HIGHER.

[00:03:01]FOUR IN TEN.

[00:03:02]THAT'S WHAT THEY FOUND.

[00:03:03]THERE IS ANOTHER STORY HERE ABOUT SUNSCREEN INGREDIENT USED IN EUROPE THAT MAY BE APPROVED HERE.

[00:03:09]PUT UP NUMBER TWO.

[00:03:12]BENEFITS OF THIS DRUG.

[00:03:15]I'M LOOKING AT THE SCREEN.

[00:03:16]>> THE DRUG IS KIND OF A TWO IN ONE AND HELPS WITH UVA AND UVB PROTECTION AND IT HAS BEEN AROUND FOR THE LAST 20 YEARS IN OTHER COUNTRIES LIKE ASIA AND EUROPE.

[00:03:28]BUT IT HASN'T BECOME POPULAR OR AVAILABLE IN THE U.S. BECAUSE IT IS CONSIDERED AN OVER THE COUNTER DRUG.

[00:03:36]HOWEVER, FINALLY IN THE LAST 20 YEARS IT HAS NOW BEEN APPROVED.

[00:03:39]>> Dana: WE CAN START BUYING IT TODAY?

[00:03:41]>> HOPEFULLY BY THE END OF THE SUMMER.

[00:03:44]>> Dana: END OF THE SUMMER?

[00:03:45]>> POTENTIALLY AUGUST.

[00:03:47]MAYBE LATER.

[00:03:47]>> Dana: I WEAR SUNSCREEN EVERY DAY.

[00:03:51]>> IT IS BETTER.

[00:03:52]IT IS LESS ABSORBED.

[00:03:53]WHEN YOU THINK GENERALLY RECOGNIZED AS SAFE BECOMES IMPORTANT AND TRANSPARENT.

[00:04:00]NOT ALL THAT WHITE RESIDUE EVERYWHERE.

[00:04:03]NO FUN.

[00:04:03]>> Dana: THE OTHER STORY THAT HAS OUR ATTENTION.

[00:04:07]APPARENTLY IF YOU GET A TICK BITE THERE IS A POSSIBILITY YOU COULD END UP ALLERGIC TO MEAT.

[00:04:14]IT IS CALLED ALPHA -- SYNDROME.

[00:04:18]450,000 AMERICANS HAVE BEEN AFFECTED.

[00:04:19]WHAT DO YOU KNOW ABOUT THIS AND HOW TO PREVENT IT FROM HAPPENING?

[00:04:23]>> THIS IS A BITE BY THE LONE STAR TICK.

[00:04:26]IT IS IN TEXAS.

[00:04:27]WE DO IT BIG IN TEXAS.

[00:04:29]WHAT IS SO INTERESTING IS THAT WHEN THIS TICK BITES A MAMMAL, SOMETHING WITH AIR IT TAKES THE SUGAR AND INTRODUCES THAT SUGAR TO A HUMAN AND THAT HUMAN CAN NO LONGER EAT RED MEAT OR ANYTHING WITH HAIR.

[00:04:45]YES, IT SHOWS UP IN MY OFFICE.

[00:04:48]I HAVE SEEN IT WITH GASTRO INTESTINAL SYMPTOMS, SWELLING, ITCHING.

[00:04:54]>> Bill: WHAT WOULD EXPLAIN WHY IT HAS BECOME SO MUCH MORE COMMON.

[00:04:57]WE HAVE A LOT OF CASES IN NEW YORK.

[00:05:00]LONG ISLAND'S DEER POPULATION IS MASSIVE AND IT CARRIES THESE TICKS WITH IT.

[00:05:04]>> WHAT I THINK IS HAPPENING IS WE'RE RECOGNIZING IT MORE.

[00:05:08]THERE WAS A SURVEY BY THE CDC.

[00:05:11]42% OF HEALTHCARE PROVIDERS HAVEN'T HEARD OF THIS.

[00:05:14]WHEN I FIRST SAW IT TEN YEARS AGO I DIDN'T KNOW WHAT TO MAKE OF IT.

[00:05:18]IT IS INCREASING AND NOW WE KNOW WHAT TO LOOK FOR.

[00:05:21]>> Bill: SCARES ME TO DEATHS.

[00:05:23]I DON'T WA