This new ‘wonder’ drug could not only reverse your age but reduce your risk of Alzheimer’s disease and cancer

With its podgy body, tired eyes and fur loss, the mouse could easily be the father of the sprightly and alert animal alongside. But they are the same age, the result of extraordinary trials of drugs that are slowing or even reversing the ageing process.

Scientists at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota, have six trials in humans under way and plan to start six more. If successful, they estimate that drugs to slow down ageing could be ready within two years. In mice, the drugs extend lifespan by 36 per cent, the equivalent of around 30 human years, and the animals remained in good health.

“Therefore, if you targeted fundamental ageing processes it might be possible to delay, prevent or alleviate chronic conditions as a group, instead of going after them one at a time.

But they'll never be able to make a drug that prevents you from getting run over by a bus

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