Re:World’s first anti-ageing drug could see humans live to 120
by teslabox on Tuesday May 10, 2016 @01:16AM
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This "anti-ageing drug" is actually just Metformin, an old drug commonly used to not help those suffering from type-2 diabetes. Some people like it, some people hate it.
> Scientists think the best candidate for an anti-ageing drug is metformin, the world’s most widely used diabetes drug which costs just 10p a day. Metformin increases the number of oxygen molecules released into a cell, which appears to boost robustness and longevity.
Metformin actually inhibits cellular respiration by poisoning the mitochondria. The saturated fatty acid palmitate is an antidote for the effects of Metformin [1].
> Scientists think the best candidate for an anti-ageing drug is metformin, the world’s most widely used diabetes drug which costs just 10p a day. Metformin increases the number of oxygen molecules released into a cell, which appears to boost robustness and longevity.
Metformin actually inhibits cellular respiration by poisoning the mitochondria. The saturated fatty acid palmitate is an antidote for the effects of Metformin [1].
[1] http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0005272812...