The 13 drugs and supplements that could slow brain ageing

Seven genes have been linked to particularly fast ageing of the brain – but 13 drugs and supplements might reduce their effects. The activity of many genes contributes to the difference between our actual age and the biological age of our brains, defined by how old our cells indicate we are, which creates what is known as a brain age gap. Restoring the brain's mitochondria could slow ageing and end dementia To find genes that accelerate brain ageing and widen this gap, Zhengxing Huang at Zhejiang University in China and his colleagues trained a deep-learning model called 3D-ViT on some medical records and used others to check it gave accurate responses. They then used it to analyse data from nearly 39,000 people who had health, genetic and lifestyle information, along with biological samples, stored in the UK Biobank. These participants were 64 years old, on average, and about half were women.