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Tiny Worms Living In Chernobyl Can Offer DNA Repair Mechanism For Humans: Study
These worms, called nematodes, have simple genomes and a short lifespan, which enabled researchers to study their multiple generations.
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Big Finding On Fruit Flies Could be Key to Human Longevity: Study
The gut could be key to understanding longevity, according to a study that found a gut hormone in fruit flies could control lifespan, a result important to humans as both species have many similar genes and hormones.
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Scientists Develop Breakthrough Anti-Ageing Drug That Extends Lifespan by 25%
The drug is currently being tested in humans, though it remains uncertain whether it will have the same anti-ageing effects.
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Tech Millionaire Claims He ''Edited'' His DNA On Secret Island To ''Live Forever''
He explained that he believes the human lifespan is capped at 120 years, and gene therapy might hold the key to surpassing this limit.
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Whale Menopause Sheds Light On Human Evolutionary Mystery
Why do humans experience menopause? It's a question that some women going through the symptoms might have asked themselves more than once.
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Top Russian Scientist Fired After He Claims Ancestral Sins Shortened Human Lifespan
He claimed that sin was the cause of mutations in genetic diseases harming modern man.
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Study Reveals How Much Climate Change May Reduce Life Expectancy
Climate change may reduce the average human lifespan, according to a study which found that women and individuals in developing nations are disproportionately affected.
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New AI Model May Predict Human Lifespan: Researchers
Built using transformer models, which power large language models (LLMs) like ChatGPT, the tool called life2vec.
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Men Could Live Up To 141 Years, Women Could Live To Over 130: Study
Human lifespans are capable of soaring past the current record of 120 years, with people possibly reaching the age of 141, a new study has claimed.
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Scientists in Israel Have Found a Way to Extend Life Expectancy by 23 Percent
Scientists in Israel experimented on 250 mice, and boosted life expectancy by 23 percent. The male mice in the experiment had their life expectancy boosted by as much as 30 percent. And the scientists say this could be applied to humans as well.
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Scientists Find the Maximum Limits of Human Life Through Study of Blood Markers
New research shows that even with the best possible care, there's a limit beyond which our bodies stop being able to maintain themselves. A longitudinal study of blood markers has shown just what the upper limit of human life could be.
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"One Nation, One Election" Is Like Fixing Human Lifespan: Veerappa Moily
Former Union law minister M Veerappa Moily mocked the "One Nation, One Election" idea on Thursday, saying it was akin to fixing the human lifespan.
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Here's How Much Longer You'd Live If There Was No Air Pollution In India
Ambient air pollution shortens an average Indian's life by over 1.5 years, say scientists who suggest that better air quality could lead to a significant extension of human lifespan around the world.
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This Anti-ageing Protein May Combat Obesity and Cancers
Scientists have revealed the three-dimensional (3D) structure of an anti-ageing protein, that may not only increase human lifespan but also help develop therapies for age-related diseases such as diabetes, obesity and cancers. Read all about it here.
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Scientists Discover Genes That May Prolong Human Life: Try These Foods Too
A team of researchers from theUniversity Of Exeter Devon in the United Kingdom have discovered new genes linked to parents' lifespan which could be targeted in future to help prolong human life.
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Tiny Worms Living In Chernobyl Can Offer DNA Repair Mechanism For Humans: Study
These worms, called nematodes, have simple genomes and a short lifespan, which enabled researchers to study their multiple generations.
-
Big Finding On Fruit Flies Could be Key to Human Longevity: Study
The gut could be key to understanding longevity, according to a study that found a gut hormone in fruit flies could control lifespan, a result important to humans as both species have many similar genes and hormones.
-
Scientists Develop Breakthrough Anti-Ageing Drug That Extends Lifespan by 25%
The drug is currently being tested in humans, though it remains uncertain whether it will have the same anti-ageing effects.
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Tech Millionaire Claims He ''Edited'' His DNA On Secret Island To ''Live Forever''
He explained that he believes the human lifespan is capped at 120 years, and gene therapy might hold the key to surpassing this limit.
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Whale Menopause Sheds Light On Human Evolutionary Mystery
Why do humans experience menopause? It's a question that some women going through the symptoms might have asked themselves more than once.
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Top Russian Scientist Fired After He Claims Ancestral Sins Shortened Human Lifespan
He claimed that sin was the cause of mutations in genetic diseases harming modern man.
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Study Reveals How Much Climate Change May Reduce Life Expectancy
Climate change may reduce the average human lifespan, according to a study which found that women and individuals in developing nations are disproportionately affected.
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New AI Model May Predict Human Lifespan: Researchers
Built using transformer models, which power large language models (LLMs) like ChatGPT, the tool called life2vec.
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Men Could Live Up To 141 Years, Women Could Live To Over 130: Study
Human lifespans are capable of soaring past the current record of 120 years, with people possibly reaching the age of 141, a new study has claimed.
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Scientists in Israel Have Found a Way to Extend Life Expectancy by 23 Percent
Scientists in Israel experimented on 250 mice, and boosted life expectancy by 23 percent. The male mice in the experiment had their life expectancy boosted by as much as 30 percent. And the scientists say this could be applied to humans as well.
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Scientists Find the Maximum Limits of Human Life Through Study of Blood Markers
New research shows that even with the best possible care, there's a limit beyond which our bodies stop being able to maintain themselves. A longitudinal study of blood markers has shown just what the upper limit of human life could be.
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"One Nation, One Election" Is Like Fixing Human Lifespan: Veerappa Moily
Former Union law minister M Veerappa Moily mocked the "One Nation, One Election" idea on Thursday, saying it was akin to fixing the human lifespan.
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Here's How Much Longer You'd Live If There Was No Air Pollution In India
Ambient air pollution shortens an average Indian's life by over 1.5 years, say scientists who suggest that better air quality could lead to a significant extension of human lifespan around the world.
-
This Anti-ageing Protein May Combat Obesity and Cancers
Scientists have revealed the three-dimensional (3D) structure of an anti-ageing protein, that may not only increase human lifespan but also help develop therapies for age-related diseases such as diabetes, obesity and cancers. Read all about it here.
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Scientists Discover Genes That May Prolong Human Life: Try These Foods Too
A team of researchers from theUniversity Of Exeter Devon in the United Kingdom have discovered new genes linked to parents' lifespan which could be targeted in future to help prolong human life.
