Thursday, 24 March 2016

[www.keralites.net] World’s first anti-ageing drug could see humans li ve to 120

 

World's first anti-ageing drug could see humans live to 120

Scientists believe the common diabetes drug metformin could hold the secret of long life and want to start a groundbreaking human trial in 2016.


The world's first anti-ageing drug will be tested on humans next year in trials which could see diseases like Alzheimer's and Parkinson's consigned to distant memory.

Scientists now believe that it is possible to actually stop people growing old as quickly and help them live in good health well into their 110s and 120s.

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.


Pensioners could be as healthy as 50 year olds in the future if tests on metformin perform as well as expected Photo: ALAMY

If successful it will mean that a person in their 70s would be as biologically healthy as a 50 year old. It could usher in a new era of 'geroscience' where doctors would no longer fight individual conditions like cancer, diabetes and dementia, but instead treat the underlying mechanism – ageing.

full article in the link below

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/science/science-news/12017112/Worlds-first-anti-ageing-drug-could-see-humans-live-to-120.html
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