The hypertension drug rilmenidine has been shown to slow down aging in worms, an effect that in humans could hypothetically help us live longer and keep us healthier in our latter years.
Yeah I would not want to be the one to design that clinical trial. The slower moving a disease, the more difficult it is to test if something is having an effect on it. Nothing slower than aging.
Yeah I would not want to be the one to design that clinical trial. The slower moving a disease, the more difficult it is to test if something is having an effect on it. Nothing slower than aging.
The Framingham Heart Study has entered the chat. It’s really the only way to assess a longitudinal effect of this kind.