Medical research
Mice live longer and lose weight while eating more when FGF21 is present
A single hormone appears to coordinate the lifespan extension produced by a low-protein diet.
May 13, 2022
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Medical research
New study validates longevity pathway: Findings identify universal mechanism for activating anti-aging pathway
A new study demonstrates what researchers consider conclusive evidence that the red wine compound resveratrol directly activates a protein that promotes health and longevity in animal models. What's more, the researchers ...
Mar 7, 2013
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Health
Coffee drinking is associated with increased longevity
Drinking two to three cups of coffee a day is linked with a longer lifespan and lower risk of cardiovascular disease compared with avoiding coffee, according to research published today in the European Journal of Preventive ...
Sep 26, 2022
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Studies lend support to 'grandmother hypothesis,' but there are limits
Humans are unusual in that women go through menopause and stop reproducing long before reaching the end of their life expectancy. One theory holds that this aspect of human life history may be explained by the evolutionary ...
Feb 7, 2019
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Medications
Scientists identify drug that could extend lifespan
The age-old quest for immortality has taken a step forward with the results of an Aotearoa New Zealand study just published in Nature Aging.
Jan 25, 2023
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Medical research
Reversing aging
Technology developed by researchers at The University of Texas at Austin could significantly reduce the time and cost to finding a cure for Alzheimer's disease and help answer one of the greatest biological questions: why ...
Oct 17, 2011
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Oncology & Cancer
Link found between types of lipid metabolism and species lifespan
An international team of researchers has found a link between types of lipid metabolism in different species and differing lifespans. In their paper published in the journal Scientific Reports, the team describes their study ...
Endocrinology & Metabolism
Live fast, die young? Or live cold, die old?
Researchers from the Shenzhen Institute of Advanced Technology (SIAT) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, along with collaborators from Wenzhou University and the University of Aberdeen, have found that body temperature exerts ...
Mar 14, 2022
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Lifespan is increasing in people who live to 65
Stanford biologist Shripad Tuljapurkar had assumed humans were approaching the limit to their longevity – that's what previous research had suggested – but what he observed in 50 years of lifespan data was more optimistic ...
Nov 7, 2018
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The up- and downside of caloric restriction for aging and health
It's already well known that a diet may have a life-extending effect. Researchers from Leibniz Institute on Aging – Fritz Lipmann Institute (FLI) in Jena, Germany, now showed that besides improving the functionality of ...
Mar 14, 2016
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