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4 claims from 3 papers

1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Genetics, Aging, and Longevity in Model Organisms

   Rapamycin fed late in life extends lifespan in genetically heterogeneous mice

   Harrison, Strong, Sharp et al. · Nature · 2009

   Rapamycin, an mTOR pathway inhibitor, extended median and maximal lifespan in male and female genetically heterogeneous mice when fed from 600 days of age, at three independent test sites.

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   1. Supported · 71%In genetically mixed mice fed rapamycin from 600 days of age, the age at 90% mortality rose by 14% in females and 9% in males.“On the basis of age at 90% mortality, rapamycin led to an increase of 14% for females and 9% for males.”

2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Genetics, Aging, and Longevity in Model Organisms

   Rapamycin‐mediated lifespan increase in mice is dose and sex dependent and metabolically distinct from dietary restriction

   Miller, Harrison, Astle et al. · Aging Cell · 2013

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   1. Supported · 71%“Rapamycin increased lifespan more in females than in males at each dose evaluated, perhaps reflecting sexual dimorphism in blood levels of this drug.”

3. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Genetics, Aging, and Longevity in Model Organisms

   Longer lifespan in male mice treated with a weakly estrogenic agonist, an antioxidant, an α‐glucosidase inhibitor or a Nrf2‐inducer

   Strong, Miller, Antebi et al. · Aging Cell · 2016

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   1. Supported · 71%“17-α-estradiol at a threefold higher dose robustly extended both median and maximal lifespan, but still only in males.”
   2. Contested · 33%“The α-glucosidase inhibitor, acarbose, at a concentration previously tested (1000 ppm), significantly increased median longevity in males and 90th percentile lifespan in both sexes, even when treatment was started at 16 months.”