
Cell Studies Could Lead to Anti-Aging Drugs
Researchers have uncovered an ancient mechanism that retards aging. Drugs that tweaked it could well postpone cancer, diabetes and other diseases of old age
David Stipp is a Boston science writer who has focused on gerontology since the late 1990s. His book on the subject, The Youth Pill: Scientists at the Brink of an Anti-Aging Revolution, was published in 2010, and his article, "A New Path to Longevity," appears in the January 2012 issue of Scientific American. Stipp blogs about aging science here.
Researchers have uncovered an ancient mechanism that retards aging. Drugs that tweaked it could well postpone cancer, diabetes and other diseases of old age
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Researchers have uncovered an ancient mechanism that retards aging. Drugs that tweaked it could well postpone cancer, diabetes and other diseases of old age
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