Participants: Healthy males (age range: 70-76)
Dosage: 1 mg/kg/day of rapamycin for 8 weeks

Supplementing with rapamycin leads to improvements in cardiac and vascular function in older men, suggesting this longevity-associated drug may counteract cardiovascular aging. 

Nicolas Musi, MD, professor of medicine and an author of the study (image: sanantoniomag.com). 

Cardiovascular

NAD+ Supercharges Immune System Recovery in Older Mice

Researchers from the University of California, Berkeley, found that young mice need NAD+ breakdown, while old mice need NAD+ boosting.

Immunity

Model: C57BL/6N male mice 
Dosage: AIN-93 M diet with 0.025% (15 mg/kg per day) niclosamide for the Old + NL group or 0.050% (30 mg/kg per day) niclosamide for the Old + NH group, starting at 12 months of age to 21 months of age

Drug Approved Against Tapeworms May Counteract Aging, Suggests New Study

New research suggests niclosamide, approved for human use against tapeworms, alleviates frailty and suppresses the protein complex mTOR, which regulates cell growth, in aged mice.

(The drug niclosamide | Hospital Pharmacy Europe)

Niclosamide, an agent approved for human use against tapeworms, alleviates age-related frailty, suppresses mTOR, and activates autophagy in old mice.

Aging &amp; Longevity

Participants: healthy adults between the ages of 50 and 81
Dosage: 5 mg/week or 10 mg/week of rapamycin

One of the most potent anti-aging compounds rapamycin — an FDA-approved drug that inhibits mTOR — increases the lean body mass of older women while reducing their pain. 


Senior investigator Sajad Zalzala, MD (image: cnbc.com)

Clinical Trials

The longevity gene klotho prolongs the lifespan of mice while preventing muscle, bone, and brain aging. 

Miguel Chillón, PhD, and Laura Rodriguez-Estevez, researchers from Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona in Spain, who conducted the study (image: uab.cat) 

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Longevity Drug Rapamycin Improves the Heart of Older Adults, New Study Shows

NAD+ Supercharges Immune System Recovery In Older Mice, Hurts Blood Stem Cells of Young Mice

Drug Approved for Humans Against Tapeworms May Counteract Aging, Similar to Rapamycin, Suggests New Study

Anti-Aging Drug Rapamycin Increases Muscle and Reduces Pain: New Results

One-Time Anti-Aging Gene Therapy Treatment Prolongs Life by 20%, New Study Shows