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Anti-Aging Hopes Rise as Organ Rejection Drug Rapamycin Gains Attention (www.sciencetimes.com)
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The immune-suppressing drug rapamycin, originally used for kidney transplants, is gaining attention for its potential to slow aging.

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[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Or feeling like you're 35-40, when you're 70.

I'm not going to read the article, because I don't care enough to know about the biochemical mechanics at the moment, but it doesn't sound unreasonable to expect that medical science will continue to find new ways to extend the average lifespan, and quality of life, relatively speaking.

Whether or not this treatment will help in that, I don't know.