Tag: Fountain of Youth
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Rapamycin: The “fountain of youth” from Easter Island?
Howard Fischer Uppsala, Sweden Moais at the Rano Raraku volcano quarry. Photo by Rivi, 2006, on Wikimedia. CC BY-SA 3.0. “We know more about the movement of the celestial bodies than about the soil underfoot.” – Leonardo DaVinci In November 1964, the Canadian naval vessel HMCS Cape Scott left Halifax, Nova Scotia, to…
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The Fountain of Youth
But O that I were young againAnd held her in my arms.— Yeats Since time immemorial, people in most countries of the world have looked for remedies to repair the ravages of time and make them young again. This has given rise to many tales about miraculous springs of water they could drink or bathe…