That&#x27;s <i>probably</i> exactly what the article was talking about- though its very short on details, aside from that the treatment was a form of &quot;gene therapy.&quot;  But my guess would be that the therapy involved the addition of a gene for this very enzyme (telomerase) in a form that it would become active in adult somatic cells.<p>Of course whether this would actually meaningfully extend life is uncertain- aging is complicated.