Posted on 01/21/2020 5:14:06 PM PST by LibWhacker
Summary: Scientists have identified synergistic cellular pathways for longevity that amplify lifespan fivefold in C. elegans, a nematode worm used as a model in aging research. The increase in lifespan would be the equivalent of a human living for 400 or 500 years, according to one of the scientists. Share:
Scientists at the MDI Biological Laboratory, in collaboration with scientists from the Buck Institute for Research on Aging in Novato, Calif., and Nanjing University in China, have identified synergistic cellular pathways for longevity that amplify lifespan fivefold in C. elegans, a nematode worm used as a model in aging research.
The increase in lifespan would be the equivalent of a human living for 400 or 500 years, according to one of the scientists.
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"The synergistic extension is really wild," said Rollins, who is the lead author with Jianfeng Lan, Ph.D., of Nanjing University. "The effect isn't one plus one equals two, it's one plus one equals five. Our findings demonstrate that nothing in nature exists in a vacuum; in order to develop the most effective anti-aging treatments we have to look at longevity networks rather than individual pathways."
The discovery of the synergistic interaction could lead to the use of combination therapies, each affecting a different pathway, to extend healthy human lifespan in the same way that combination therapies are used to treat cancer and HIV, Pankaj Kapahi, Ph.D., of the Buck Institute, has said...
The synergistic interaction may also may explain why scientists have been unable to identify a single gene responsible for the ability of some people to live to extraordinary old ages free of major age-related diseases until shortly before their deaths.
(Excerpt) Read more at sciencedaily.com ...
They either leave or get Romanian term limits.
Those are symptoms of aging. Illuminate the aging, and those diseases disappear.
Here’s a post I made about similar anti-ageing news last April:
https://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/3739531/replies?c=9
The name of the scientific discipline is senolytics.
Well, if it means you won’t hit puberty until age 35 or so, that would be great. Childhood twice as long, maybe more. One of those smart kids, with no libido to distract him, will find a cure for arthritis. I only hope he doesn’t find it in spiders, or clowns. Even rubbed on, that would be a deal killer for me.
I figure I only have to make it until about 135 to get back what Ive paid into social security
And I bet every single one of those pathways is far far away from any abortion facility.
Hey, with a little luck, they get this stuff figured out in another 15-20 years. (I figure I am good for another 30, with a little luck.) Between medical stuff like this, or uploading one’s consciousness and memories into a computer, and ultimately with the final assurance from my faith in Christ, I feel pretty good about the future, consciousness wise.
with a little luck, they get this stuff figured out in another 15-20 years.
Aubrey De Grey has been specializing in Life Extension/reversing aging for over a decade, and guiding a lot of research. That is right about the time frame he is estimating.
Thank you for a name to run through a search engine, sir!
I like to poke around basic academic research/papers when I take an interest in the subject. Aging has been one of those topics since making it to double nickels a couple years back...
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