Over-the-Counter Nasal Spray Emerges as Potential Anti-Aging Candidate

Researchers from Northeastern University and Harvard Medical School developed a framework that links aging-hallmark genes to the human interactome to spot drugs that could affect multiple aging processes, screening 6,442 meds. They pinpointed oxymetazoline (an OTC nasal spray) as a promising candidate that improves cell-to-cell communication, with aspirin also flagged; the study, published in Nature Aging, offers a roadmap for testing repurposed drugs for longevity but does not claim a life-extension cure.