Pills to Slow Aging Move From Lab to Clinic

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Source: BBC Science Focus Magazine
Pills to Slow Aging Move From Lab to Clinic
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TL;DR

A growing wave of anti-ageing therapies—metformin, senolytics, rapamycin and others—may slow aging and extend healthy years, with big trials like TAME aiming to treat ageing as a condition; while animal studies look promising, human trials are long, costly, and hampered by regulatory and funding hurdles.

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