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A study published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences from UCL and the Max Planck Institute for Biology of Ageing suggests that a combination drug treatment may one day be helpful at preventing age related diseases in people. A combined drug cocktail of three drugs that are already being used as medical …
Novel drug cocktail has almost doubled the lifespan of microscopic worms in the largest drug induced extension in animal studies to date; which may lead to interventions to help humans live longer, as published in the journal Developmental Cell. C.elegans worms are often used in aging studies due to biological simplicity allowing researchers to clearly …
A commercially available acai berry product has been found to significantly lengthen the lifespan of fruit flies. Results of a study by scientists at Emory School of Medicine have revealed that a commercially available acai berry product can significantly lengthen the lifespan of fruit flies. Postdoctoral fellow Alysia Vrailas-Mortimer, and colleagues studied the effect of …