Original story: Texas Public Radio
By: Bonnie Petrie
(March 30, 2025) — This segment was originally broadcast on July 28, 2024.
Aging is a prospect we all face. As we age, we change in body and mind in diverse ways.
Data from the U.S. Census Bureau shows that the U.S. population aged 65 and over, reached 55.8 million, a 38.6 % increase in just ten years.
Adam Salmon, PhD, thinks a lot about the biology of aging. He’s an associate director of the Sam and Ann Barshop Institute for Longevity and Aging Studies at UT Health San Antonio.
“Imagine a place where we can … live as long as we would live, right? We know people can live a little bit over 100 years,” said Salmon. “If we could live that period of time completely healthy, until the day you die … that would be amazing, and it would be revolutionary in the way that we understand healthcare.”
Salmon studies aging in marmosets. He and his team recently concluded that an immunosuppressant called rapamycin extended the lifespan of marmosets.
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