Joe Rogan Experience #2537 - David Sinclair · Aired Aug 7, 2026
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Researchers in China utilized OSK technology to successfully regrow muscle and bone in mice with joint damage.
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What the evidence shows
A real study out of Central South University in China did use OSK gene therapy in mice with damaged joints, so the basic story checks out. But the study's actual findings were about protecting cartilage and normalizing bone density changes around the joint, not fully regrowing muscle and bone back to normal the way the claim describes.
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Is it true that Researchers in China utilized OSK technology to successfully regrow muscle and bone in mice with joint damage?
Partly. The claim stretches what the evidence shows. A real study out of Central South University in China did use OSK gene therapy in mice with damaged joints, so the basic story checks out. David Sinclair said it (matched by voice) on Joe Rogan Experience #2537 - David Sinclair, aired Aug 7, 2026, at 15:11. The supporting source is pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov, linked below.
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