Longevity-Promoting Pharmaceuticals: Is it a Time for Implementation?
Recent experimental studies demonstrate that medications targeting aging (antioxidants, calorie restriction mimetics, autophagy inductors, etc.) can substantially promote health and extend lifespan. Pharmacologically targeting aging appears to be more effective in preventing age-related pathology compared with treatments targeted to particular pathologies. The development of new antiaging drugs represents a great opportunity for the pharmaceutical and healthcare industries.
Laboratory of Epigenetics, Institute of Gerontology, Kiev, Ukraine. Electronic address: vaiserman@geront.kiev.ua.
Alexander M
AM
Vaiserman
ReGenera Research Group for Aging-Intervention and Montenapoleone Medical Center, Healthy Aging Unit, Milano, Italy.
Francesco
F
Marotta
D000375:Aging / Q000187:drug effects*; D000818:Animals; D006801:Humans; D008136:Longevity / Q000187:drug effects*; D011315:Preventive Medicine / Q000379:methods
age-related disease; anti-aging medicine; geroscience; health span extension; longevity