The Anti-Aging Pill Scientists Want to Test in Humans

Haven't we all dreamed of staying young and healthy? Some scientists at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine in New York say they have a pill that could help increase our healthy lifespan by reducing the contraction of age-related diseases. They suggest that metformin, a drug that has been in use in the US since 1994 to treat type 2 diabetes, could be this miracle solution. While previous studies have shown that the drug can increase the longevity of some rodents and of nematode worms, Dr Nir...