Five lifespan treatments in mice all raised one molecule: ergothioneine
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Five completely different treatments that extend lifespan in mice. This study found they all raised the same molecule. It is called ergothioneine, and right now it is sold to people as the longevity vitamin. So is it the reason those treatments work? This preprint takes the first careful look.
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3:21Babies sugar-rationed in 1950s Britain had less dementia 70 years later, in 60,394 UK adults
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3:13Cutting one of protein's building blocks by two-thirds let male mice live about 23% longer
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3:07More spermidine tracked healthier liver scores — but those scores are body-size formulas, and the same people lost weight.
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3:16Six "biological age" tests on the same 970 adults: the DNA-reading ones predicted who kept their body and mind working.
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3:13A malaria drug made aged female rats live longer — and they also ate about 10% less.
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3:12Aging organs aren't worn out. In mice, 'zombie' cells piled up.
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3:11Aging's inflammation may start in your blood stem cells (mice)
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2:57A blood test trained on death pointed at the liver
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3:15In aged mice, the brain's cleanup crew breaks in the wiring
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3:31In 64,000 people, poor sleep showed no clear tie to aging
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2:56Aging mice’s blood got healthier by quieting a telomere damage alarm
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2:56Two years of eating less: real benefit, unproven mechanism
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