Dietary Supplement Greatly Extends Worm Life Span
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The latest in a long line of longevity brews that prolong the lives of laboratory animals was described today in Nature: a natural molecule that extends life spans longer than any previous such agent, in some cases by as much as 70 percent.
"An internal fountain of youth," is how lead investigator Jing Huang, a molecular biologist at the University of California, Los Angeles, described the compound, known as alpha-KG. In experiments on the roundworm Caenorhabditis elegans, she and her colleagues supplemented feedings with a handful of different chemicals involved in metabolism. The only one that had a significant effect on longevity was alpha-KG, which allowed worms to live about 25 days on average, compared with the typical 15 days. "It was an amazing hit," Huang said.
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