Green Tea. Photo Credit_ HealthyWomen *Discover cocktail of cancer medication, plant-based supplement could halt body’s decline An anti-ageing drug may be on the horizon, research suggests. Scientists have discovered a drug cocktail that clears senescent – or ‘zombie’ – cells from the body. Senescent cells are alive but non-functioning and have been linked to everything from arthritis to Alzheimer’s. They are also thought to cause the deadly lung disease idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) by triggering inflammation. Researchers gave patients the cancer drug Sprycel (dasatinib) and the plant supplement quercetin – found in red wine, onions and green tea – to test how zombie cells affect IPF. Patients taking the cocktail – both of which are known to trigger suicide in senescent cells – became significantly more mobile after just three weeks. The findings raise hope that senolytic drugs may lead to a new way of targeting age-related disease. “We know there are at le...