A drug that extends healthy lifespan!
Scientists have revealed a drug increases the lifespan of mice by over 20% and left them leaner, fitter and less prone to cancer as they aged.
The drug switches off a protein called interleukin which helps our bones and joints develop in early life but the levels appear to increase as we get older and contribute to higher levels of inflammation and aging.
The study from Imperial College London and Duke-NUS Medical School in Singapore found when they switched the protein off in mice, they aged better.
A human trial is already underway to test the drug as a treatment for lung conditions.
But some experts are warning that we don’t yet know the full effect of turning this protein off in humans so there’s no guarantees.
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