<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style=""><p style="box-sizing:inherit;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:1rem;word-break:break-word"><font size="4" style="" face="tahoma, sans-serif"><b style="">The following is from the September 2, 2026 issue of the journal Nature: </b></font></p><p style="box-sizing:inherit;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:1rem;word-break:break-word"><font size="4" style="" face="tahoma, sans-serif"><b style=""><i>"Animals treated with the GLP-1 drug semaglutide (marketed under the brand names Ozempic and Wegovy), had a median lifespan of 834 days — 12% longer than mice in the control group, which lived for a median of 742 days.</i><span style="background-color:transparent"><i>Mice that took semaglutide also did better than control animals on tests that evaluated coordination, muscle function and how the body processes sugar.</i> [...] <i> </i></span><span style="font-style:italic;background-color:transparent">The mice taking semaglutide during the study self-reduced their calorie intake by 24%. So, to check whether this was the cause of the observed effects, the authors put an extra, untreated group of mice on a diet that matched the calorie-intake level of the GLP-1-treated mice. The two groups showed similar longevity outcomes. However, t<u>he GLP-1-treated mice performed better than did those in the diet group in several experiments</u>, including one testing spatial memory, in which animals had to remember the location of the exit to a maze."</span></b></font></p><p style="box-sizing:inherit;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:1rem;word-break:break-word"><span style="background-color:transparent"><a href="https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-026-02757-1" style=""><font size="4" style="" face="tahoma, sans-serif"><b style="">Can GLP-1 drugs slow ageing? Mouse study shows promise</b></font></a><br></span></p><p style="box-sizing:inherit;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:1rem;word-break:break-word"><b style="color:rgb(80,0,80);background-color:transparent"><font face="tahoma, sans-serif"><font size="4">John K Clark    See what's on my list at  </font><font size="6"><a href="https://groups.google.com/g/extropolis" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Extropolis</a></font></font></b></p><p style="box-sizing:inherit;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:1rem;word-break:break-word"><span style="background-color:transparent"><font face="tahoma, sans-serif" size="1" style="" color="#ffffff">'aq</font></span></p><p style="box-sizing:inherit;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:1rem;word-break:break-word"><br class="gmail-Apple-interchange-newline"></p><p style="font-family:Harding,Palatino,serif;box-sizing:inherit;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:1rem;word-break:break-word;font-size:18px"><span style="background-color:transparent"><br></span></p><p style="font-family:Harding,Palatino,serif;box-sizing:inherit;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:1rem;word-break:break-word;font-size:18px"><span style="background-color:transparent"><br></span></p></div></div>