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The brain aged more slowly in monkeys given a cheap diabetes drug. Daily dose of the common medication metformin preserved cognition and delayed decline of some tissues.
This is a big deal because this drug is already FDA-approved, widely-prescribed with a safety profile that's well-documented, and cheap. Note that this experiment was only conducted in 12 male monkeys (primate studies are very expensive), but it's promising data that could help launch the first clinical trials to investigate metformin's use as an anti-ageing compound.
nature.com/articles/d4158..
