New research has found that a novel drug cocktail almost doubled the lifespan of a microscopic worm, the largest drug-induced lifespan extension in an animal ever reported. The study suggests that pharmacological intervention to help us live longer could be a realistic proposition. The microscopic C. elegans worms, often used in anti-aging studies, had their lifespan almost doubled after treatment with a novel triple-drug...
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Can a vitamin combo prolong your life?
Vitamins are nutrients that when synthesized or assimilated in the right quantities support our health and well-being. A new review suggests that a set of known and newly categorized vitamins can help prolong a person’s lifespan, and promote health well into old age. The review, recently published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences,...
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Anti-ageing drugs are coming – an expert explains
There will be almost 10 billion people living on Earth by 2050 and 2 billion of them will be over the age of 60. Growing old is the primary risk factor for multiple chronic and life-threatening conditions such as diabetes or cardiovascular disease. This burdensome morbidity is the most distressing aspect of old age – compromising...
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Take a vacation — it could prolong your life
EUROPEAN SOCIETY OF CARDIOLOGY Munich, Germany – 28 Aug 2018: Taking vacations could prolong life. That’s the finding of a 40-year study presented today at ESC Congress and accepted for publication in The Journal of Nutrition, Health & Aging.1,2 IMAGE: FIGURE OF THE INTERVENTION AND CONTROL GROUPS. “Don’t think having an otherwise healthy lifestyle will compensate for...
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UCLA biologists slow aging, extend lifespan of fruit flies
‘Cellular time machine’ could eventually benefit humans, too Nature Communications/Anil RanaFruit flies’ mitochondria (in green) at 10 days (top left), 28 days (top right) and 37 days old (both bottom images). At bottom right, the mitochondria have returned to a more youthful state after UCLA biologists increased the fly’s level of a protein called Drp1....
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Mutation of growth hormone receptor gene in men found to lengthen lifespan
Medical Xpress)—A team of researchers with member affiliations in the U.S., France and Israel has found that a mutation in a growth hormone receptor gene can make some men live longer. In their paper published on the open access site Science Advances, the group outlines their study of several different groups of men and the differences...
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