Saturday, 27 July 2013

Rapamycin's Effect on Aging Not Yet Clear

Researchers have found that while the immunosuppressive drug rapamycin has been found to increase the lifespan in mice, even if the treatment begins in advanced age, it is not yet clear whether this is accompanied by prolonged health and vigor. In the current issue of the iJournal of Clinical Investigation/i, Dan Ehninger and colleagues at the German Center for Neurodegenrative Diseases evaluated age-associated characteristics in mice treated with rapamycin. ...

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