Anti-Aging Drug Could Have Us Living To 120
Scientists believe the pill could stop the aging process and eliminate diseases like Parkinson’s and Alzheimer’s.
Although it might seem like science fiction, researchers have already proven that the diabetes drug metformin extends the life of animals, and the Food and Drug Administration in the US has now given the go-ahead for a trial to see if the same effects can be replicated in humans.
If successful it will mean that a person in their 70s would be as biologically healthy as a 50-year-old.
Ageing expert Prof Gordon Lithgow, of the Buck Institute for Research on Ageing in California, is one of the study advisers. He said: “If you target an ageing process and you slow down ageing then you slow down all the diseases and pathology of ageing as well.
That’s revolutionary. That’s never happened before.
“I have been doing research into ageing for 25 years and the idea that we would be talking about a clinical trial in humans for an anti-ageing drug would have been thought inconceivable.
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tracey marie November 29th, 2015 at 23:05
I volunteer, waving arms and jumping up and down.
Tommie November 29th, 2015 at 23:20
Just keep them away from the right! Haha!
Karen Barton November 30th, 2015 at 06:12
tracey marie November 30th, 2015 at 10:33
IKR
whatthe46 November 30th, 2015 at 00:08
this isn’t good. the idiots will get ahold of the drugs. no!
tracey marie November 30th, 2015 at 10:31
Did not think of that, all those baggers could hang around for a couple decades more. I wish my neighbor could get some, a registered repub who votes Dem for decades. He loved my Obama yard signs.
Dwendt44 November 29th, 2015 at 23:21
What do you know, I’m on Metformin.
mistlesuede November 30th, 2015 at 00:00
How old do you feel? :)
Dwendt44 November 30th, 2015 at 00:18
Often feel older than I am. I see some older than me who could run circles around me. Falling apart.
bpollen November 29th, 2015 at 23:47
Great. Now Pat Robertson can keep going and going and going…
whatthe46 November 30th, 2015 at 00:07
damn you. damn you, damn you damn you. I was so going to say that. lol
whatthe46 November 30th, 2015 at 00:58
for Christ’s sake, imagine word salad sarah getting ahold of this drug. shutter at the thought.
Larry Schmitt November 30th, 2015 at 07:51
He’s been dead for years, he’s just too stupid to know it. If you x-rayed his head, you would find nothing but dust.
Snick1946 November 30th, 2015 at 14:06
Problem is, the people who will have access to it re the wealthy and connected. I would bet Putin would love to get on it.
bpollen December 1st, 2015 at 03:47
Per the Talking Heads: Same as it ever was.
mistlesuede November 29th, 2015 at 23:59
And by the time it’s ever produced after years of research to find out what kind of damage it does to humans, we will all be dead.
Dwendt44 November 30th, 2015 at 00:19
As if we didn’t have enough people on this little watery ball already.
whatthe46 November 30th, 2015 at 00:56
lol. little watery ball. that’s fricken funny.
TerryOtt November 30th, 2015 at 01:05
There is no way I could afford to live more than 100 years. As it stands now, best guesstimate is that I run out of cash and other assets at around 97 years of age.
rg9rts November 30th, 2015 at 01:48
Have to take that job as a greeter at walmart
whatthe46 November 30th, 2015 at 03:43
walter. lol. welcome to Walmart, get your shit and get the hell out.
whatthe46 November 30th, 2015 at 02:46
I have 15 mins. then i’m out like a light. you’re welcome to torture me with mins tomorrow. lol
rg9rts November 30th, 2015 at 03:26
You know I will
whatthe46 November 30th, 2015 at 10:04
can i go home early today? oh my goodness, i did not want to get up this morning. that 4 day weekend had me spoiled. i need the extra day to recoup.
rg9rts November 30th, 2015 at 10:20
Saturday
whatthe46 November 30th, 2015 at 10:23
how kind of you. lol
rg9rts November 30th, 2015 at 12:25
OK and Sunday too…this week
Dwendt44 November 30th, 2015 at 12:05
that’s the magic number that actuarials say you will live till now. IRAs are factored for that if left on their own.
rg9rts November 30th, 2015 at 01:47
Why
whatthe46 November 30th, 2015 at 02:42
exactly. like we need the likes of Fiorina here for another day. or tRump, etc., etc., etc.
allison1050 November 30th, 2015 at 07:37
Who the hell would want to live that long? I had a patient once that passed away 2 wks before her 114th birthday, she had out lived most of her 10 children and of the few left all but 1 was in a nursing home.
Larry Schmitt November 30th, 2015 at 07:50
Considering what we’re doing to our planet, I don’t think I want to live that long.
fahvel November 30th, 2015 at 11:21
that should make for an america full of old old people who will not be as resilient and the scientists propose – just an old age, over [populated country waiting for the african and asian continents to remain youthful – wow, what a future.
Snick1946 November 30th, 2015 at 14:04
Except that they’d also be a lot healthier than the bio age. I’d bet you’re a lot younger than me- maybe I am prejudiced but I wouldn’t mind sticking around a bit longer if I could be assured my body would be aging more slowly.
tracey marie November 30th, 2015 at 14:23
Me as well.
fahvel November 30th, 2015 at 17:24
wrong Snick – you are the same age as my little brother. Also, I am still a pro cycliste (senior division) so maybe I’ll make it on my own merits.