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A Better Approach to Screening for Existing Drugs that Slow Aging

Source: Fight Aging! • Published: 06 Jul 2026, 10:22

A Better Approach to Screening for Existing Drugs that Slow Aging

Looks at a network-medicine framework for prioritizing approved drugs that could modulate aging hallmarks and guide repurposing.

Key Takeaways
  • Mapped 2,358 longevity-associated genes onto the human interactome to define hallmark modules
  • Calculated network proximity of 6,442 compounds to each hallmark module for prioritization
  • Developed pAGE, a transcription-based metric to assess drug effects on age-related expression
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