Scientists have been working for years on a drug that would help to preserve our youth, to stop the inexorably moving forward time. Is it possible? Many researchers leave this question unanswered. Nevertheless, a new team of researchers from Albert Einstein College of Medicine in New York has planned new large-scale research that may contribute to the discovery of a kind of “youth serum”.
Expected effects of using the drug
- Stopped skin aging
- Slowing down the aging of body cells
- Improving the functionality of the body in old age
- Improving the appearance of the skin, rejuvenating
The main ingredient of a new drug
The main ingredient of the drug is to be metformin, which has been used in medicine since 1957 to treat diabetes. Studies on the effects of metformin treatment have produced good results. It turned out that in the group of obese diabetics observed for a period of up to 10 years, the mortality rate decreased significantly, the patients became more physically fit, less obese, and the symptoms of diabetes and diabetic complications significantly decreased.
The action of the drug and the youth serum
Metformin is a hypoglycaemic drug that lowers blood sugar levels. If its renewing and rejuvenating effects are confirmed, it could be concluded that simply reducing sugar intake could help slow down aging in this respect. Metformin is also anti-cancer, so in this respect it could indeed have properties that renew and rebuild the body’s cells and treat cancer.
In addition, this drug helps in losing unnecessary kilograms, because, firstly, it creates a kind of feeling of satiety, and secondly, it helps to burn fat faster. In medicine, it has long been speculated that limiting the supply of calories can be beneficial for the body and have a positive effect on health.
When will the research start?
The first research on a new drug of youth will start in in 2016. The research will be conducted in New York for five consecutive years. They will cover about 3 seventy-year-olds. The research will be carried out immediately on people, because the main ingredient of the drug – metformin – has been used in medicine for a long time, so all contraindications to its administration or any side effects are known. The results of the research will probably be announced in the year of their completion or later due to the large number of people surveyed, whose results will have to be analyzed in order to draw reliable conclusions.