The Telegraph has finally published their story on rapamycin, after Abigail contacted us a number of weeks back.
I have to say I don’t like the title, because the statement “its only been tested on mice” is completely false; rapamycin is an FDA approved drug that has been used by hundreds of thousands of people for over 20 years, so that title is very misleading… but the rest of the story is reasonably good and provides some examples of people using it with generally positive results.
Thank you to our UK members who talked, and shared their stories, with Abigail!
A weekly pill that stops ageing sounds like the stuff of science fiction. Yet evangelists for rapamycin claim it does exactly that
Rapamycin is a drug commonly prescribed to organ transplant patients to suppress their immune response. However, some experts suggest that it could do much more than that. Taken at a low dose, it could increase lifespan, dampen inflammation and prevent age-related diseases, such as dementia.
Research has shown promising results for its potential to extend life, first in a study on yeast, then in various animal studies, most notably a 2009 study on elderly mice that showed rapamycin extended lifespan by 14 per cent.
It is thought that rapamycin could lengthen the lifespan of humans in a similar way, by speeding up the body’s process of cellular recycling and thus keeping people healthier for longer. Dr Philip Borg, a longevity medicine specialist who does not prescribe rapamycin but has patients taking it, says that some patients report fewer grey hairs and aches and pains – as if the clock has literally been turned back.
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