senolytics

Researchers are on the hunt for senolytics — therapies that destroy senescent cells.

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These produced a variety of anti-ageing compounds known as senolytics, which cleaned up ageing cells in the body, and senomorphics, such as the drugs rapamycin and metformin, which morph older cells into behaving like younger ones.

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Geroprotectors range from a group of drugs and plant chemicals known as senolytics, which can clear excess senescent cells from the body, to supplements like nicotinamide riboside (a form of vitamin B3), which is thought to act as a fuel source that can help cells generate new mitochondria.

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