A drug being developed to treat a serious lung disease may also help to slow the aging process, researchers say.In a small clinical study, patients who took rentosertib – developed by Insilico Medicine in Massachusetts – showed changes in blood proteins that made them appear biologically younger.Several tests estimated that after treatment, the patients were biologically about three to four years younger.EATING COMMON DAIRY FOOD EVERY DAY MAY SLOW BIOLOGICAL AGING, STUDY SUGGESTS"There is a promising trend in age reversal in addition to treating the disease, and it came as a bonus for disease treatment," first author Alex Zhavoronkov, PhD, founder and co-CEO of Insilico Medicine, told Fox News Digital.A drug being developed to treat a serious lung disease may also help to slow the aging process, researchers say.(iStock)"It basically means that you are predicted to be younger using a validated set of aging clocks.
We don’t know what that means yet."The results were published in Nature Biotechnology and presented Monday at the Nature conference at Sorbonne University in Paris.ALZHEIMER'S BLOOD TESTS MAY PREDICT SYMPTOMS YEARS IN ADVANCE, BUT EXPERTS URGE CAUTIONThe researchers caution, however, that this does not yet prove the drug can actually reverse aging or help people live longer."It’s early days," Zhavoronkov noted."The drug is still investigational."Rentosertib is an experimental drug, discovered with the help of artificial intelligence, that is being developed to treat idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF), a serious disease that causes scarring in the lungs.In an unexpected outcome, the drug was found to change patterns of proteins in the blood in ways that made patients appear an average of three to four years younger, in one case up to six years.Rentosertib is an experimental drug, discovered with the help of artificial intelligence, that is being developed to treat idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis, a serious disease that causes scarring in the lungs.
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