Souledex t1_iz2vwun wrote on December 6, 2022 at 1:41 AM Reply to Study in fruit flies found that the most promising anti-ageing drug rapamycin prolongs the lifespan, and the development of age-related pathological changes in the gut, of female fruit flies, but not in males. Concluding that the sex is a crucial factor in the effectiveness of anti-ageing drugs by giuliomagnifico Sex also works differently in fruit flies I’m pretty sure. But this would make sense, the reason (or one of them) women live longer is they have two copies of every chromosome, and men only have one copy of the X so when something breaks we are SOL. Permalink 1
Souledex t1_iz2vwun wrote
Reply to Study in fruit flies found that the most promising anti-ageing drug rapamycin prolongs the lifespan, and the development of age-related pathological changes in the gut, of female fruit flies, but not in males. Concluding that the sex is a crucial factor in the effectiveness of anti-ageing drugs by giuliomagnifico
Sex also works differently in fruit flies I’m pretty sure. But this would make sense, the reason (or one of them) women live longer is they have two copies of every chromosome, and men only have one copy of the X so when something breaks we are SOL.