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Rapamycin_ El Elixir de la VIDA , o el Antiedad del Siglo XXI
09.07.09 @ 00:02:33. Archivado en LA VIDA ES BELLA
Se ha descubierto el elixir de la vida dicen desde el Telegraph : Elixir of life discovered
Dicen que es un elixir bioquímico que se extrae de la tierra de Easter Island, y se tienen esperanzas de que dentro de muy poco se pueda fabricar la píldora pertienente.
Los científicos creen que el agente fungicida , encontrado en la isla del Sur del Pacífico, producida por una bacteria de la tierra tiene propiedades de prolongar la vida.
They predict further research on the compound could lead to a genuine "anti-ageing" pill that keeps people young.
Rapamycin was first discovered in the 1970s in soil samples from the South Pacific island famous for its ancient monoliths.
Today it is used as an immunosuppressor to prevent organ rejection in transplant patients.
Researchers in the USA fed the drug to ageing mice and increased the life expectancy of males by 28 per cent and females by 38 per cent.
Dr Arlan Richardson, director of the Barshop Institute for Longevity and Aging Studies in Texas, where much of the work was carried out, said: "I've been in ageing research for 35 years and there have been many so-called 'anti-ageing' interventions over those years that were never successful.
"I never thought we would find an anti-ageing pill for people in my lifetime; however, rapamycin shows a great deal of promise to do just that."
La noticia hay que tomarla como todas estas cosas, con todo el excepticismo del mundo, pero ns permitiremos disfrutar con la perspectiva, sobre todo las mujeres que dicen que aumentará nuestra esperanza de vida en un 38%. ¡Genial!
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