Scientists' New Goal: Growing Old Without Disease

Scientists' New Goal: Growing Old Without Disease
Doctor examining MRI scans with a digital tablet
Doctor examining MRI scans with a digital tablet

Some of the top researchers on aging in the country are trying to get an unusual clinical trial up and running.

They want to test a pill that could prevent or delay some of the most debilitating diseases of old age, including Alzheimer’s and cardiovascular disease. The focus of the project isn’t to prolong life, although that could occur, but to make the last years or decades of people’s lives more fulfilling by postponing the onset of many chronic diseases until closer to death.

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