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Drug Reverses Age-Related Mental Decline Within Days
Just a few doses of an experimental drug can reverse age-related declines in memory and mental flexibility in mice, according to a new study by UC San Francisco scientists. The drug, called ISRIB, has already been shown in laboratory studies to restore memory function months after traumatic brain injury (TBI), reverse cognitive impairments in Down Syndrome, prevent noise-related hearing loss, fight certain types of prostate cancer, and even enhance cognition in healthy animals.
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Anytime I see "in mice",I stop reading.
i like everything about this except:
sorry pet peeve. aging is not a disease. cancer is a disease
aging is a natural and unavoidable part of life and it should remain so
we can make people's lives like light bulbs - as bright as possible right up until the last possible moment before they burn out; instead of slowly dimming, more and more over a prolonged period of time
but we should not try and cure it. aging must not be "cured"
call me old-fashioned, you wont change my mind
I totally agree. Ever since my beard has turned grey, I kinda love it: a few times a youngster offered me a seat on the bus/tram, people take their time to listen to you, young women adore men my age (they say we're wise, hahaha), I get more things done, because age brings a network and so on. Really, it's fun when a youngster who doesn't know Led Zeppelin discovers the gorgeous music while visiting the workshop. My little cousins think I am ancient and I totally agree. To me age is nothing more than the most personal experience of time. Without ageing there's no time and when there's no time, there's no description of change. By inventing such medicine, I think it's a symptom of fear, even a conservative way of thinking, which is a sign of these times.