Animal Study Data Shows Rapamyin to be a Robust Calorie Restriction Mimetic

Animal Study Data Shows Rapamyin to be a Robust Calorie Restriction Mimetic

Of all of the pharmaceutical approaches to slowing aging, rapamycin has the best, most robust, largest body of evidence from animal studies. Rapamycin is an mTOR inhibitor, mimicking some of the beneficial effects of calorie restriction on metabolism, long-term health, and life span. The most important outcome is thought to be improved autophagy, the cell maintenance process responsible for recycling unwanted proteins and structures in the cell.…