Have you heard of 'fountain of youth' pill?

Researchers push 'fountain of youth' pill

Drag out those Lycra bike shorts you wore in college.

Researchers say a "fountain of youth" pill is now closer to reality.

University of California scientists have discovered a medication that could restore key elements of our immune system.

However, the medicine is not new, and the final verdict is not yet in.

The team found that extremely low doses of the drug lenalidomide can: “Stimulate the body’s immune-cell protein factories, which decrease production during aging, and rebalance the levels of several key cytokines – immune proteins that either attack viruses and bacteria or cause inflammation that leads to an overall decline in health.”

Lenalidomide is structurally similar to thalidomide, a morning-sickness cure taken off the market almost five decades ago, after being linked to birth defects. Researchers say they wouldn’t suggest giving it to young women, or those intending on becoming pregnant.
The researchers hope their findings could lead to a once-a-day pill that would boost the immunity levels of older patients.

The work to rewind the effects of aging, known as immunosenescence, is the culmination of years of research by Dr. Edward J. Goetzl, who tells QMI Agency that they’re not talking about lifespan, but about “health span”.

He says he’s aware of the ‘fountain of youth’ tag his research has inspired, saying tentatively it still takes a leap of faith — as well as trials and regulatory hurdles — before it ends up in a capsule.

“That term (youth pill) has been around a long time,” he tells us.

“But I’m 70 years old, and if there ever was such a pill, I’d be interested.”

Among the current crop of viral movie trailers is one for the 2011 release of Limitless, with Bradley Cooper and Robert De Niro. It concerns a wonder drug that makes people smarter, faster and stronger — with a host of dark side-effects.

In September, Vladimir Skulachev, a professor at Moscow State University, announced medicine that he says halts the damaging effects of oxygen on the body’s cells.

In 2009, researchers in Colorado said they were developing a small, yellow anti-aging supplement.

Media reports of anti-aging drugs first began to gain momentum in the 1970s, when Finnish-born researcher John Bjorksten announced progress in the development of “cure” for old age.

That still hasn’t happened, and Goetzl says his work still has some years to go. Which may mean leaving those old bike shorts in your bottom drawer for now.

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