The proverbial fountain of youth could be in the form of drugs, after all.

-Team@CMHF

• The first drugs for a slower aging process could exist within five to 10 years, after which people could eventually live up to 150 years old or older, researchers say.
• Peter Smith, dean of medicine at the University of NSW, said a child born today in Australia can possibly live up to 100 considering advances in medical research, improving lifestyle and public health, the Sydney Morning Herald reported.
• The aim is not just to eke out extra existence, but to facilitate a longer healthy life.
• Smith also considered new drugs for body repair were being developed in parallel with the ongoing studies on stem cell therapies.
• People aren’t going to want to retire at 65 and spend many, many decades sitting at home.
• Baroness Susan Greenfield, a neuroscientist at Oxford University, also foresees a trend in life span improvement, such that people would start second careers at 65 in knowledge-based jobs but he also said medical researchers have to prioritize studies in prevention and cure for dementia, which includes Alzheimer’s disease otherwise the social and economic implications could potentially be catastrophic
• Professor Sinclair has shown that resveratrol, a plant compound found in red wine, can extend the lifespan of yeast, worms, fruit flies and fat mice, by activating proteins called sirtuins.
• But British scientists challenged the link between sirtuins and life span of worms and fruit flies in the journal Nature, concluding they had nothing to do with extending life.
• Today, clinical trials of synthetic molecules 1000 times more powerful than resveratrol were under way in people with diseases of ageing, such as diabetes 2, Prof. Sinclair noted, adding that the early trials are showing early signs of positive effects.
• With these clinical trials, the top concern is treating elderly sick people. Delaying the onset of diseases of ageing comes as incidental findings for further studies later on

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