Abstract: The invention provides methods for treating or preventing an age-related disease, condition, or disorder comprising administering a therapeutically effective amount of an inhibitor of TOR to a patient in need thereof. The invention also provides pharmaceutical compositions and topical formulations for treating or preventing an age-related disease, condition, or disorder comprising an inhibitor of TOR and a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier. In particular, the invention provides methods, pharmaceutical compositions, and topical formulations comprising rapamycin or an analog of rapamycin.

Abstract: The present invention provides a method of suppression and/or deceleration of mammalian cellular aging. The method involves contacting mammalian cells with a composition that contains a non-genotoxic inducer of p53 (NGIP). In certain embodiments, the NCIP is a Mdm-binding agent or Mdm-2 antagonist. The NGIP can be nutlin, nutlin-3A, a nutlin analog, or a combination thereof. The invention also provides a method for reducing cellular hypertrophy in an organism by administering a composition that contains an anti-hypertrophic compound, such as nutlin, nutlin-3A, a nutlin analog, rapamycin or a rapamycin analog and combinations thereof, to the organism.

Abstract: The invention provides methods for treating or preventing an age-related disease, condition, or disorder comprising administering a therapeutically effective amount of an inhibitor of TOR to a patient in need thereof. The invention also provides pharmaceutical compositions and topical formulations for treating or preventing an age-related disease, condition, or disorder comprising an inhibitor of TOR and a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier. In particular, the invention provides methods, pharmaceutical compositions, and topical formulations comprising rapamycin or an analog of rapamycin.