On the floor of theEaster IslandIn the South Pacific, scientists have found a substance that canextend life up to 38%.
Callrapamycinin honor of the Polynesian name of the island,Rapa Nui, this substance is produced by an insular bacterium. At the moment it has already been tested in mice, and has achievedextend their lives between 28% and 38%. The rodents were given the drug at 20 months of age, the equivalent of 60 years in humans. And most managed to survive to serve the equivalent of a century. Arlan Richardson, director of the Barshop Institute and co-author of the study published todayNature, assures that it is the first time we are close to finding onepillagainst human aging.
Rapamycin initially emerged as an excellent product to fight fungi. It was then used to prevent the rejection of organs transplanted to patients, and later it was incorporated into implants used to keep the arteries of patients with coronary problems open. It is currently also used in clinical trials for cancer treatment.
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