Caloric Restriction Comes in a Pill | Wired Science | Wired.com

Caloric Restriction Comes in a Pill | Wired Science | Wired.com: "Scientists have provided the strongest evidence yet that the anti-aging benefits of calorically restricted diets can be duplicated — minus the near-starvation — by a pill."

How to Do the Ultimate Aging Study | Wired Science | Wired.com

How to Do the Ultimate Aging Study | Wired Science | Wired.com: "Resveratrol, a natural compound that affects mitochondrial function and DNA repair, and its pharmaceutical derivatives have been used to prevent diabetes in obese mice. Now they’re being tested in humans. Manipulations of the growth-regulating IGF-1 pathway have extended lifespans in lab animals. Rapamycin, used to suppress autoimmune responses in people receiving organ transplants, has extended the lives of elderly mice. It’s now being tested in mice against specific diseases."