RAPAMYCIN: A Quantum Leap in Life Extension Rapamycin, mTOR, Autophagy and Treating mTOR Syndrome by Ross Pelton Rapamycin is an FDA-approved drug that is ushering in a new era of life extension. However, to be clear, rapamycin is not approved by the FDA as a life extension drug. In September 1999 rapamycin received FDA approval as an immunosuppressant drug to prevent organ transplant rejection and also, two rapamycin...