- Humans are always searching for ways to slow aging and extend their lifespans.
- Researchers from the University of Liverpool in the United Kingdom say the hypertension drug rilmenidine could be repurposed to help increase a person’s lifespan.
- Scientists reported that the drug mimics a caloric restriction diet, which has been long considered an anti-aging intervention.
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Thanks to today’s scientific advances, people now age slower and live longer. The
Now, researchers from the University of Liverpool in the United Kingdom, in collaboration with the Institute of Translational Medicine in Switzerland, and Harvard Medical School in the United States, argue that a hypertension drug called rilmenidine could be repurposed to help increase a person’s lifespan.
Scientists demonstrated these benefits using a roundworm model and searched for known compounds that mimick a caloric restriction diet.
The study recently appeared in the journal
Rilmenidine is a prescription drug sometimes marketed under the brand names Hyperium, Albarel, Tenaxum, and Iterium. It is used to treat hypertension, or high blood pressure.
According to Dr. João Pedro Magalhães, corresponding author of the study, currently chair of molecular biogerontology at the University of Birmingham — who was at the University of Liverpool during the time this research was conducted — scientists previously performed a
“Caloric restriction — reducing the amount of calories without malnutrition — is the most robust and consistent method of
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