April 10, 2024
The authors of a recent study published in Aging Cell tested 21 groups of medication used by the elderly and reported that some of them impact aging biomarkers [1]. Repurposing existing drugs to fight aging The search for drugs that slow aging includes finding new compounds and repurposing already-known drugs. Animal studies have suggested that...
March 15, 2024
Scientists have used a huge database to find links between existing drugs and human lifespan. Only 14 of more than 400 showed a positive correlation [1]. Reinventing the wheel? One of the subfields in geroscience was born from the idea that some drugs currently in use for various indications might slow aging. In recent years,...