Rapamycin is a drug used to suppress the immune system in transplant patients, but scientists have found that it may have another use. The drug has been shown to have anti-aging properties, despite no ...

A triple drug combination has been used to extend the lifespan of fruit flies by 48% in a new study led by UCL and the Max Planck Institute for Biology of Aging. The three drugs are all already in use ...

Salk Institute scientists showed how an FDA-approved drug boosts the health of brain cells by limiting their energy use. Like removing unnecessary lighting from a financially strapped household to ...

A few years back, Matt Kaeberlein was diagnosed with a frozen shoulder. "It was really bad," he recalls. He wasn't sleeping well and couldn't throw a ball due to the pain. His doctor recommended ...

Aging can cause many changes to the body, including obesity and a loss of lean mass. Now, a group of University of Florida Health researchers has discovered that an existing drug reduces body fat and ...

The holy grail of medicine for centuries has been finding a way to slow or stop aging. Thousands of things have been tried. None of them ever worked. That may be changing. Thomas W. LaGrelius, M.D.; ...

A few years back, Matt Kaeberlein was diagnosed with a frozen shoulder. "It was really bad," he recalls. He wasn't sleeping well and couldn't throw a ball due to the pain. His doctor recommended ...

Longevity researchers are taking a generic drug they think may help extend people's lives. Now a dentist is testing if rapamycin stops gum disease... Rapamycin may slow aging. Here's one way the drug ...