Easter Island drug raises cognition throughout life span in mice

Friday, June 29, 2012 - 20:00 in Biology & Nature

Rapamycin, a compound first isolated from soil on Easter Island, enhanced learning and memory in a study of young, middle-aged and older mice. The findings are from the School of Medicine and Barshop Institute at The University of Texas Health Science Center San Antonio.

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