Is Aging Reversible? Resetting the Clock

Note that calorie restriction doesn't extend life span in primates.

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A Better Clinical Trial Search Engine

Stem Cells for Cardiac Repair

Clinical Trials for Alzheimer's Disease

NPR aired a very interesting story on Alzheimer’s.

There were many important arguments presented for or against screening for Alzheimer’s. You can listen to the podcast here. In particular, since there is no treatment available, it seems pointless to screen for Alzheimer’s. However, if you want to participate in clinical trials that might someday stop or reverse Alzheimer's disease, it's important to screen for it. Here is the map of current ongoing clinical trials on Alzheimer's disease.

Treatment for Scorpion Stings

I'm excited to learn about FDA's approval of the first specific treatment for scorpion stings. Nature blog had a very interesting article about this clinical trial:  A tiny trial of 15 people helps convince the US to approve a drug that takes the pain out of scorpion stings. You can see the locations of the current ongoing clinical trials related to scorpions below:

Tradjenta (Linagliptin) Tablets for Type 2 Diabetes

From FDA news release: FDA approves new treatment for Type 2 diabetes. The clinical trial mentioned in this news release seems to be this one: Safety and Efficacy of BI 1356 as Monotherapy or in Combination in Type 2 DM.
According to MedlinePlus, Type 2 Diabetes is a chronic (lifelong) disease marked by high levels of sugar (glucose) in the blood. The chronic (lifelong) part makes it very attractive target for Pharma. There are currently more than 60 clinical trials for Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2 including new clinical trials that use linagliptin, and other dipeptidyl peptidase 4 (DPP4) inhibitors.

Additional information from Wikipedia:

• Linagliptin
• Dipeptidyl peptidase-4 inhibitor