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Rapamycin: Could a simple pill add years to your life? (irishexaminer.com)
3 points by rpkoven 777 days ago
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it's a small local maximum of life extension. Rapamycin slows cellular regeneration as well as cellular degeneration.
Basically you live longer but with the malus of wound healing taking more time among other things.