Thursday, June 30, 2011

'Fountain of Youth' chemical compound found in the soil of Easter Island

Rapamycin, which has been nicknamed the “forever young” drug, was created from a chemical found in the soil on Easter Island, one of the most remote places on Earth and 2,000 miles off the coast of Chile.  It was used in experiments on children suffering from Hutchinson-Gilford Progeria Syndrome (HGPS), a rare genetic condition in which ageing is hyper-accelerated and sufferers die of “old age” at around 12 years.
Full article: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/science/science-news/8607582/Elixir-of-life-discovered-on-Easter-Island.html