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[Bruce Klein]

August 2002 issue Scientific American
The Serious Search for an Anti-Aging Pill
In government laboratories and elsewhere, scientists are seeking a drug able to prolong life and youthful vigor. Studies of caloric restriction are showing the way

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CALORIC-RESTRICTION MIMETIC would, if successful, enable humans to derive many of the health and life-extending benefits seen in animals on restricted diets--without requiring people to go hungry.

[ocsrazor]

These guys are terrific, and while they won't come right out and say it in public, they are very much on our side. Last time I talked with them they were negotiating a deal to test out 2-deoxy-glucose in pet food. So our pets may be the initial beneficiaries of anti-aging drugs!

Best,
Peter

[Bruce Klein]

Seems a common thread in research... If you "come right out and say" that your doing anti-aging or life extension work, you get black listed by some unnamed big brother. Or am i taking this to far?

[ocsrazor]

Yep, you have to be very selective in marketing your research in the longevity fields. Probably the most outspoken (and best qualified) people have had the hardest time getting funding.