UK scientists are a step closer to unlocking eternal youth after developing a drug that can prolong the life of some animals.
An experimental substance called 991 has been found to make yeast, worms and flies live 25 per cent longer.
It triggers a protein called AMPK that helps cells conserve and produce energy in times of stress, exercise or fasting. Scientists have long suspected this survival mechanism could also help slow some of the biological changes associated with ageing.
They say the new discovery raises hopes that humans could ‘eventually’ benefit.
Professor Filipe Cabreiro, from the UK’s Medical Research Council (MRC), said: ‘The
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