X-Message-Number: 14494 Date: Mon, 18 Sep 2000 07:16:53 -0400 From: Thomas Donaldson <> Subject: chemicals which may increase lifespan Hi everyone! Glutatione is a natural antioxidant made by our cells. Clearly not everyone makes the same amount, particularly if they become older... as all of us now do. That is basically why it is interesting for aging. And why the experiment by the Louisville researchers was done in the first place. It also justifies the use of other antioxidants in the attempt to mimic glutathione. Glutathione itself is hard to deal with as a drug to be taken by someone. Since Mike Perry describes his book in this set of Cryonets, I may as well point out that I have written a book on drugs which may increase our lifespan. The drug must be one which does not harm human beings when they take it, and which in addition increases the lifespan of one or more species of HEALTHY MAMMAL (in practice, mice, rats, or hamsters or guinea pigs ... all of which have lifespans short enough that we can actually test the effect of the drug on lifespans). The book is A GUIDE TO ANTIAGING DRUGS, available presently from me for $20 US plus postage. I am also involved in working out an agreement with ACS to sell it in the US, but that agreement hasn't yet been completed. Best wishes and long long life to all, Thomas Donaldson Rate This Message: http://www.cryonet.org/cgi-bin/rate.cgi?msg=14494