Weight-loss drugs show signs of slowing biological aging, say drugmakers

Popular weight-loss drugs may do more than help people shed pounds. They might also melt away the years. Drug giants Eli Lilly and Novo Nordisk say patients taking their drugs age less quickly, according to readouts from molecular “aging clocks.” Such clocks assess a person’s biological age by looking at changes to DNA that accumulate…

諾和諾德與禮來公布試驗數據，稱服用GLP-1減肥藥的超重或糖尿病患者在分子“衰老時鐘”上生物年齡降低約兩到三年。但效果因時鐘類型和檢測器官差異很大，能否用於健康人群仍無定論。