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Jul 8, 2009

Rapamycin Easter Island adds life

Keith Scott-Mumby

Is this the future? Could we extend lifespan to 120 years or more using a drug called rapamycin? No, in a word. But the science is so fascinating, I want to share it here. Rapamycin was discovered in the 1970s during a worldwide search for new antibiotics. It is developed from a soil microbe found only on mysterious Easter Island, a remote outcrop of land far out in the southern Pacific Ocean. In animal tests, it increased life expectancy for females by a staggering 38 per cent; males a more modest 28%.

Jul 8, 2009

Rapamycin Easter Island adds life

Keith Scott-Mumby

Is this the future? Could we extend lifespan to 120 years or more using a drug called rapamycin? No, in a word. But the science is so fascinating, I want to share it here. Rapamycin was discovered in the 1970s during a worldwide search for new antibiotics. It is developed from a soil microbe found only on mysterious Easter Island, a remote outcrop of land far out in the southern Pacific Ocean. In animal tests, it increased life expectancy for females by a staggering 38 per cent; males a more modest 28%.
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