While GLP-1 drugs can curb cardiometabolic dysfunction, reducing the risk of life-limiting and life-threatening diseases that would otherwise shorten health and lifespan, mechanistic evidence that they directly influence the biology of aging remains limited.

Can GLP-1 drugs rewind the epigenetic clock?

UCSD researchers conducted a post hoc analysis of a Phase 2b clinical trial evaluating the use of semaglutide in human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-associated lipohypertrophy (HALS).