这种药物名为“甲福明”,是一种被广泛使用的抗糖尿病药,制造成本不过几分钱。甲福明能促进氧在细胞内的循环流动,进而降低细胞分裂的速度——细胞分裂在保证我们身体正常运转的同时,也是导致我们衰老的罪魁祸首。
Belgian researchers have tested the drug on roundworms, and have had positive results so the next step is to do a human trial.
比利时研究者已将该药物在蛔虫身上进行了试验,取得了积极的效果,下一步就是人体试验。
"I have been doing research into aging for 25 years and the idea that we would be talking about a clinical trial in humans for an anti-aging drug would have been thought inconceivable," says aging expert Professor Gordon Lithgow.
研究衰老的专家戈登·利思戈教授说:“我研究衰老25年了。我们将要在人体上进行的抗衰老药临床试验,此前一直被认为是不可想象的。”
"But there is every reason to believe it's possible. The future is taking the biology that we've now developed and applying it to humans."
“但我们现在有理由相信这种试验是可行的。未来方向是把我们研发出来的各种生物机理应用于人体。”
Let's just hope that cosmetic surgery can keep apace of these new developments.
但愿我们的整容术能跟得上这些最新的科学发展。
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