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...natural compound used as an immunosuppressant in organ-transplant patients has been found to extend life in mice, according to a study published on July 8 in the journal Nature. Aging mice that were given the substance, rapamycin, lived significantly longer than mice that didn't get the drug: females that received rapamycin were 13% older at death and males 9% older...
...colleagues were prompted to test the aging effects of rapamycin, which was discovered in Easter Island soil samples about 40 years ago, after noting that the compound appeared to affect cell growth in lab animals in much the same way as calorie-restricted diets, which also appear to extend life. (Watch TIME's video "Mapping New York City's Rats...
...agents for extending life, other drugs may be further along in the pipeline - resveratrol, for one, which has also prolonged life in lab mice. But the new finding by Strong and his colleagues "more clearly identifies the [target of rapamycin] pathway as important across species." It may guide researchers to target different proteins in the same pathway. "If those proteins react the same way to extend lifespan, then we might be able to get rid of unwanted side effects," says Strong...
These protests strain the ear, but they vent conservatives’ frustration with liberals—now in almost complete control—who want to extend government’s reach over larger swaths of our lives. Unfortunately, middle-class conservatives assume that if you’re a member of the “elite,” you’re liberal. When I revealed that I wrote for The Harvard Crimson, one man asked me, “Are you going to write about how dumb we are?” A second warned that...
After realizing that Sweet could not be swayed, Smith said he immediately initiated the search for an acting dean and reached out to officials throughout the University, asking them to extend their responsibilities slightly and take over portions of Sweet's duties. "Right now, we're stretching," Smith said. But he added that he has no plans to institute a mass restructuring of administrative positions...