June 14, 2023
A new study published in GeroScience addresses the efficacy and side effects of off-label rapamycin as a preventive therapy to maintain healthspan [1]. From a small island to a reportedly life-extending drug When it was discovered in 1972 on the island of Rapa Nui, rapamycin was described as an antifungal substance [2]. Fifty years later,...
January 28, 2019
While medical schools have had the idea that aging should be brought under medical control for over a century, the explicit desire to greatly extend one's life remained rare - until very recently. A new study by YouGov, a market intelligence company that researches multiple topics, found that, today, one in five Americans agrees with...
