Jul 11 2009

Anti-aging research moves forward

Posted by samir

(Via In the Pipeline) A study reported in Nature magazine concludes that Rapamycin can increase the longevity of mice. The effect seems to be better than that of Resveratrol, which has also shown anti-aging effects in several organisms.

According to a 2002 paper in the journal Science, the longevity of women has been increasing linearly at the rate of 3 months per year. We may even see that rate accelerate within our lifetime. So get ready to live well past 100.

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One Response to “Anti-aging research moves forward”

  1. Continuing on the aging meme… » The Dolcera Blog Says:

    […] week, we’d reported the results from the success of Rapamycin in increasing mice […]

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