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Is There a Cure for Aging? - WebMD.com (opens in a new tab)

WebMD.com · 2020-11-18

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Claim 1 of 7Not checkedSome scientists think aging itself should be targeted directly, rather than focusing only on individual diseases, and they are trying to reverse-engineer the body's molecular biological clock to prevent death itself.View evidenceHide evidence

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Claim 2 of 7Not checkedAubrey de Grey says there is no cap on how long humans can live if future medicines keep healthy people from aging, and he has suggested that the first person who will live to be 1,000 years old is already alive.View evidenceHide evidence

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Claim 3 of 7Not checkedThe TAME (Targeting Aging with Metformin) study is described as a phase III trial intended to show that metformin may be an anti-aging drug and that aging is a preventable health condition.View evidenceHide evidence

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Claim 4 of 7Not checkedThe article says earlier studies found that people with type 2 diabetes who take metformin have lower all-cause death rates than peers who do not take it, and that metformin seems to reduce age-related diseases such as heart disease, dementia, Alzheimer’s disease, and some cancers.View evidenceHide evidence

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Claim 5 of 7Not checkedA small phase I clinical trial of dasatinib plus quercetin in people with diabetic kidney disease reportedly got rid of senescent cells in tissue, though the researchers did not yet know whether it would prolong youth or what long-term harms it might cause.View evidenceHide evidence

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Claim 6 of 7Not checkedAnother recent study is described as oxygen therapy in a pressurized chamber for 35 adults aged 64 and older, after which senescent cells decreased and telomere length improved.View evidenceHide evidence

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Claim 7 of 7Not checkedResearchers are also said to be testing CRISPR for anti-aging treatments, but only in mice so far.View evidenceHide evidence

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PubMed, Crossref, Europe PMC · 15 candidate papers

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Metformin therapy is associated with reduced cardiovascular morbidity and mortality,

Inpharma Weekly · 2005 · Crossref

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