Detecting mechanisms to prolong human life

Italian scientists have found a mechanism that can help people live longer, which is neutralizing a blood molecule that regulates blood pressure codenamed AT1A.

Researchers from the Marco Negri lab in Bergamo, northern Italy, used white mice to experiment and found that the lifespan of mice lasted 30% when using drugs to prevent high blood pressure. medium attack on AT1A, making this molecule not work.

Researcher Giuseppe Remuzzi affirmed: "AT1A is one of the agents that raises blood pressure in humans, which leads to reduced life expectancy. The use of special laboratory drugs with mice shows, if this is possible. In successful people, we can extend life by 30%, meaning we can live up to 100 years old. "

According to Dr. Ariela Benigni, the lead researcher, disabling AT1A could be a breakthrough in the study of aging mechanisms as well as the ability to prolong human life.

However, according to Benigni, this is only the first step of a very long research process ahead, with the continuation of experiments to produce a drug specifically applicable to human AT1A molecules. /.