Want to look much younger then your years?
As humans advance in science, more and more interest is shown in the field of anti-aging drugs. The Juan Ponce de León’s mythical Fountain of Youth may one day become a reality if biologists have their way.
Recently, a new discovery was made about a drug that tricks the body into thinking it is on a calorie restrictive diet. Calorie restrictive (CR) diets have historically shown to expand the lifespans of mice and it appears the principle reaction to this can be triggered through drugs.
Anti-Aging in Action (Source: NYTimes, Nicholas Wade)
The major drug candidates are “sirtuin activators” which appear to provide similar reactions to a lower calorie diet. The leading drug of this type is resveratrol by Sirtris Pharmaceuticals. The drug appears to detect and activate when a cell’s energy reserves run low, which is mimics the outcome of calorie restrictive diet.
As many other drugs begin evaluation for their anti-aging effects, it is very likely that we will start to see the fruits of these scientists’ labor. (Source: NYTimes, Tests Begin on Drugs That May Slow Aging).
Weird but…let’s start starving on CR!
