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Cellular Compound May Increase Lifespan Without the Need For Strict Dieting

Posted by samzenpus on from the do-you-want-to-live-forever? dept.

sciencehabit (1205606) writes "Every day, our cells manufacture small amounts of a molecule that, in higher doses, might be the key to leading a longer, healthier life. A team of researchers has found that this molecule boosts the lifespan of worms by more than 50%, raising the possibility that it will increase human longevity. Dietary supplements that contain the molecule and allegedly build muscle are already on the market. The study drops a barbell on their use, however, by suggesting that the molecule may actually thwart muscle growth."

4 of 66 comments (clear)

  1. Oh no! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Funny

    Living longer is unnatural! It's bad! But deflecting asteroids (we can't) and colonizing the universe (we won't) are perfectly natural!

  2. Unintended consequences by 140Mandak262Jamuna · · Score: 4, Funny

    People who are eating this dietary supplement find all kinds of worms living in their guts living 50% longer.

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    sed -e 's/Chuck Norris/Rajnikant/g' joke > fact
  3. Re:Riiight by Intrepid+imaginaut · · Score: 3, Funny

    Don't anthropomorphise nature, he hates that.

  4. The Old Ways are the Good Ways by PvtVoid · · Score: 5, Funny

    I'll stick with the blood of the young, thank you very much.