Living to 100 Blog: Staying Young at Heart and Young at Mind

Researchers studying age-related decline have been pursuing drugs that inhibit a pathway that regulates growth and metabolism in cells.  What they have discovered is that besides regulating cell growth, this pathway, referred to as the mTOR pathway, is also associated with revved up aging, and consequently, age-related health problems.  So, research is now showing that drugs that slow down or throttle back this mTOR seem to be bolstering immune systems and reducing risk of respiratory disease.