Drug reverses age related decline in mice within days of first dose--also may treat ALS/Parkinsons

[crimycarny]

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According to this article this drug could also open up potential breakthrough therapies for diseases like Alzheimer’s, ALS and Parkinson’s.

https://thehill.com/changing-america/well-being/medical-advances/531885-drug-reportedly-reverses-age-related-mental?fbclid=IwAR0Z798YajMZyXQVZC901DpqKdpH6X1VZYgx2AY6obgjQQ4hIKyRuyNHGj4

[cayugafalls]

1. any true drug for anti-aging will never be widely available for common people...

[crimycarny]

2. If it makes money it will

Pharmaceutical companies are out to make money, so the more people to take their drugs the better.

What I found particularly exciting is the potential to possibly work against devastating diseases like ALS. ALS in particular is one of the cruelest diseases out there. If this drug opens up new avenues to cure ALS, I’m thrilled.

[LisaL]

3. Do we really need smarter mice?

[dchill]

11. Might not be prudent.

[Roland99]

17. Mickey may not like the competition!

[Arne]

4. I'm a mice, no, I'm a rat no, but I'm a rodent, of some kind.

[sdfernando]

5. The Venus drug?

Is Mudd around?

[dchill]

12. Harcourt Fenton Mudd?

At your service!

[Hoyt]

6. The Fountain of Youth. Figure they'll discover it as I'm old a feeble.

[COLGATE4]

7. Just what we need - more youthful mice!

[crimycarny]

8. Did everyone miss the part about this drug potentially a treatment for ALS and Parkinson's?

I used to volunteer at a hospice that had ALS patients. That is a devastating disease.

Perhaps I should have been clearer in my post title about this drug also showing promise for ALS and Parkinson’s.

[intrepidity]

9. I think the cynicism you are seeing

has to do with the untold numbers of potential treatments that work well on rodents but fail to translate to humans

[Hekate]

10. Crimycarny, this is really exciting news. Alzheimer's, ALS, & Parkinson's are 3 of the cruellest ...

...diseases there are for patients and their families, as the afflicted linger for years as they deteriorate further every day. Alzheimer’s in particular is a disease of aging, and as our population ages, one public-health fear has been a wave of cases.

Thanks for letting us know.

[ancianita]

13. All "potential" therapies and cures get patented by "the invisible hand" of the market.

Disease and research are coopted, along with human health and well being.

[flibbitygiblets]

14. This is fascinating!

[0rganism]

15. the time has nearly come for human society to ask (and answer) the most difficult question

"what is the purpose of children in an already-overpopulated world of virtual immortals, immune from disease and decay, where individuals only die from unnatural causes?"

not due yet, i'd guess it won't be a pressing issue for another 20 years or so, but those living will be shaped and defined by the answer

[lunatica]

16. Which goes to show

that things happen in life. Or should I say, shit happens.