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Rapamycin may exacerbate age-related arthritis despite life-extending benefits

EXPERIMENTAL BIOLOGY Rockville, Md. (April 27, 2021)–New research to be presented this week virtually at the American Physiological Society’s (APS) annual meeting at Experimental Biology 2021 explores the positive and negative effects of lifespan-extending drugs on mitochondrial function and age-related osteoarthritis (OA). Decreased function of mitochondria–the energy centers of the cells–is a hallmark characteristic of aging. Maintaining...