---
title: "A step toward a potential anti-aging drug"
description: "Anti-aging drug everolimus has been demonstrated to increase the lifespan of mice by 9-14%, even when the treatment was initiated later in life."
date: "2015-01-04"
modified: "2015-08-13"
authors:
  - name: "Alex Klokus"
    link: "https://futurism.com/authors/alex-klokus"
url: "https://futurism.com/a-step-toward-a-potential-anti-aging-drug"
categories:
  - "Health & Medicine"
  - "Medical"
tags:
  - "medical"
---

# A step toward a potential anti-aging drug

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- These findings raise the possibility that “mTOR inhibitors”\* (like rapamycin and RAD001) may have beneficial effects on aging and aging-related conditions in humans.
- Since it would take decades to test the effect of a drug on life span in humans, the researchers at Novartis Institutes for BioMedical Research and affiliates used a proxy: the decline in immune function in seniors’ (age 65 and older) during aging, as assessed by their response to a flu vaccine.
- lthough some scientists are reportedly already self-medicating, “the toxicity of RAD001 at doses used in oncology or organ transplantation results in adverse effects such as stomatitis, diarrhea, nausea, cytopenias, hyperlipidemia, and hyperglycemia.”

### Author social links  
[LinkedIn](<https://www.linkedin.com/in/alexklokus>)