Progeria, rapamycin and normal aging: recent breakthrough

A recent discovery that rapamycin suppresses a pro-senescent phenotype in progeric cells not only suggests a non-toxic therapy for progeria but also implies its similarity with normal aging. For one, rapamycin is also known to suppress aging of regular human cells. Here I discuss four potential scen...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Blagosklonny, Mikhail V.
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: Impact Journals LLC 2011
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3181168/