Friday, July 10, 2009

Medicine Update

A new drug, rapamycin, has been shown to increase lifespan in mammals 9-13%, even when administered toward the end of their lifespans, although it does suppress the immune system:

http://www.technologyreview.com/biomedicine/22974/

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