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my opinion is that targeting mTOR is fruitless because it's so broad and integral to life that it's like a self-righting ship or trying to sink a life preserver.

as described in the conclusion: "This may be explained by the inability of rapamycin to completely block mTORC1-mediated signaling events, the presence of several feedback loops, and the upregulation of compensatory pathways that promote cell survival and growth."

targeting mTOR is like saying "let's write a bug that takes down Linux"... the community isn't going to let that happen



Can you elaborate?

It seems to be not fruitless in all the organisms that it has worked on so far.




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