Old Fountain of Youth New Fountain of Youth
Popular, but slightly off, history has Ponce De Leon finding Florida as he searched for the Fountain of Youth. He was actually looking for gold.
Flash foward to today…. medical researchers also looking for gold, appear to have found a promising start towards a modern day Fountain of Youth:
The drug, called MK-677, was evaluated for its safety and effectiveness in a study that showed the drug restored 20 percent of muscle mass loss associated with normal aging. In fact, levels of growth hormone (GH) and of insulin-like growth factor I (IGF- I) in healthy seniors who took the drug increased to the levels found in healthy young adults, said Michael O. Thorner, a professor of internal medicine and neurosurgery at the University of Virginia Health System.
The drug is in early trials. As a 44 year old without a working pituitary gland I can attest to how much these pesky hormones matter in strength and how you feel. My hormones are balanced to a younger age via daily and weekly shots. If I have to skip them, I feel weak, tired and listless.
I’m glad people have incentive to make cool stuff like this. Gosh, why aren’t Canadian, UK or Russian researchers on this?