Of mice and old men: is the elixir of youth finally coming of age?
by Hannah Devlin from on (#56AS)
American scientists have coined the term 'senolytics' to describe a new class of drugs designed to delay the ageing process by clearing out doddery cells
It is generally accepted as one of life's unfortunate, but inevitable facts: we might be able to disguise the wrinkles for a time, but ageing will get us all in the end. Except scientists are now questioning whether it has to be thus, or whether age is simply another disease that might one day be conquered. American researchers have suggested that the elixir of eternal youth - or at least extended middle age - may be on the horizon.
After discovering two drugs that appeared to invigorate elderly mice, the scientists, from the Scripps Institute in Florida, have coined the term "senolytics" for a new class of drugs designed to delay the ageing process.
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