The search for the fountain of youth led to a 2009 discovery that a drug called rapamycin was shown to extend the lifespan of mice. Since that time, studies on the metabolic side effects of rapamycin have made it unclear whether the drug is safe as a long-term treatment. Read the full story at Newsroom […]

A drug that has re­cently drawn sci­en­tif­ic at­ten­tion as a life­span-booster—at least in mice—seems to be safe in mon­keys as well, ac­cord­ing to new find­ings that re­search­ers call “en­cour­ag­ing.” Read the full story at World Science

The search for eternal youth marches on with a new grant from the National Institute on Aging for work to continue on the effects of the drug rapamycin on the lifespan and healthy aging of middle aged marmoset monkeys. The grant comes on the heels of a study with the animals showing the anti-aging drug […]

The Barshop Institute for Longevity and Aging Studies at The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio is getting a multimillion-dollar grant to expand studies on aging and how to improve health throughout life.

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