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The Aging Process — Myths and Realities
Category: Science & Medicine
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Publish Date: 2011-04-14 10:35:48
Description: What is aging? Recent animal studies have shown that clioquinol — an 80-year-old drug once used to treat diarrhea and other gastrointestinal disorders — can reverse the progression of Alzheimer's, Parkinson's, and Huntington's diseases. According to Dr. Siegfried Hekimi, clioquinol acts irectly on a protein called CLK-1, often informally called "clock-1," and might slow down the aging process. Learn about this anti-aging medication and the gut realities about the process of getting old.
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