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>> The drug has been known for a long time but human trials always seems elusive

Human trials of this will likely never happen. At least not publicly.



Why is that? Literally nobody will do the research in any country in the world because the Illuminati are everywhere?


Who will fund it (it would be *very* expensive) when they have no hope of recouping the expenses? Consider: We have a likely candidate for a male birth control pill. It's considered quite safe, infertility (while taking it) is a known side effect. All that needs testing is whether it's reliable enough to be used for birth control. Unfortunately, there's a big headache with that--it does *not* stop sperm production so you can't test by having men jack off in a test tube and do a sperm count. Thus testing will be expensive. It's been known about for quite a while and nobody has funded it.


Money and perverse incentives.

Clinical trials are expensive, and rapamycin can't be patented. My guess is that, some time in the future, a pharma company will produce and patent an analogue, and then there will be trials.




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