July 28, 2024
Research published in Aging Cell has revealed that a nematode species commonly used for aging research lives much longer on an alternate-day fasting regimen, but only when it is administered in middle age and only when the worms are consuming an animal-based protein source. Deciding what to restrict and when Dietary restriction practices have been...
September 07, 2022
A study published in Nature Aging has shown that short-term rapamycin treatment in early adulthood extends lifespan in flies and improves gut health in both flies and mice [1]. A well-studied drug Rapamycin, an inhibitor of mTOR signaling, is capable of extending the lifespan of several organisms and is thus believed to be one of...
June 16, 2022
The laboratory of Viktor Korolchuk, Professor of Molecular Cell at Newcastle University, has received funding to research autophagy activators and ways in which they can help prevent age-related diseases. Visit the VitaDAO website to learn how you can get involved. Defective autophagy inhibits the function of cells, such as DNA repair and metabolic processes, and...