"Anti-aging drug" proven effective

In an incident reminiscent of my father's admonition that "riding a motorcycle is one way to keep from growing old," a young graduate student has died after being injected with an anti-aging drug:

Scotland Yard has investigated the death of a 22-year-old Oxford University graduate who collapsed after being injected with an experimental anti-ageing drug by her sister…

An inquest into the death of Mrs Cox, who took the drug voluntarily, was held last week and a coroner recorded a verdict of misadventure.

The drug was administered by her elder sister, Dr Yvonne Pambakian.

Both sisters worked for a pharmaceutical company, Amro Biotech, set up by their mother, Dr Arpi Matossian-Roger

Amro Biotech had spent more than £3 million developing the drug, known as "B71", to treat diabetes, cancer and was even hoped to reverse ageing…

Dr Pambakian, 38, told the inquest that she had also injected herself, her mother and a terminally-ill woman with the drug – without any adverse effects.

More details at the Telegraph. Via.

(Yes, I do understand that the title of this post is a bit catty. I'm not insensitive to the tragedy of a young woman's death, but the irony implicit in the event just begged to be titled that way...)