Youth obsessed Russian strongman Vladimir Putin is now bankrolling the “world’s first” anti-aging vaccine.
Putin last week ordered his scientists to develop the forever-young vaccine, part of a budget of more than 2 trillion rubles — equivalent to more than $26 billion — for a national health project that includes the development of an anti-aging vaccine for a country facing a population decline.
Putin is 73, and well known to be obsessed with longevity.
The average age of death for a man in Russia is 67, compared to 76.5 in the US.
Deputy Minister of Science Denis Sekirinsky said researchers have developed a gene therapy targeting the RAGE or Receptor for Advanced Glycation Endproducts — the cellular trigger linked to biological aging, according to the Moscow Times.
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