1- The promises of new rejuvenating molecules
Compounds that attack senescent cells or that stimulate cellular reprogramming… A new era is dawning for the pills of eternal youth.
Ah, the pill of youth!
No longer suffer the ravages of time, forget the pain, sagging and other stigmata of old age - in two words, stay young - thanks to a drug.
Should we believe it?
The promise is not new, and hopes have been dashed many times.
Let's remember DHEA, the star "rejuvenation hormone" of the 2000s, the effectiveness of which has never been firmly demonstrated in humans... Or resveratrol, which is found naturally in grapes, a miracle antioxidant on which the pharmaceutical giant GlaxoSmithKline bet 720 million dollars in 2008, only to finally throw in the towel five years later.
But today, other molecules raise the hopes of investors and scientists: metformin, dasatinib, quercetin… All these substances have…
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