by Martin Ettington | Aug 22, 2018 | Animals, Longevity, Longevity Article, Science Research |
05 July 2018 The regenerative abilities of the flatworm Macrostomum lignano serve as a model for how humans might regenerate tissues. Image credit – Flickr/ Lukas Schärer, licensed under CC BY-SA 2.0 Research into the remarkable regenerative powers of worms and...
by Martin Ettington | Mar 5, 2018 | Aging, Animals, Longevity, Longevity & Health, Longevity Article, Science Research, Telomeres |
Will Dunham WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Bats are the longest-lived mammals relative to body size, and a species called the greater mouse-eared bat lives especially long. Researchers now have unlocked some of this bat’s longevity secrets, with hints for fighting the...
by Martin Ettington | Jan 4, 2018 | Animals, Longevity, Longevity & Health, Longevity Article |
December 14th, 2017 at 12:21 PM What were you doing 500 years ago? Oh, that’s right nothing, because you didn’t exist yet. In fact, several generations of your family had yet to leave their mark on the world, but one very special shark may already have been swimming...
by Martin Ettington | Aug 12, 2017 | Aging, Animals, Longevity, Science Research |
July 17, 2017 The tubeworm species Escarpia laminata. Credit: the Chemo III project, BOEM and NOAA OER Large tubeworms living in the cold depths of the Gulf of Mexico may be among the longest living animals in the world. This is revealed in a study in Springer’s...
by Martin Ettington | Apr 28, 2017 | Aging, Animals, DNA, Genetics, Longevity, Longevity & Health, Longevity Article, Science Research |
By Sylvia Booth Hubbard | Wednesday, 29 Mar 2017 03:26 PM Astaxanthin, a red pigment found mostly in marine life, can switch on a variation of the FOXO3 gene, which protects against aging, say scientists from the University of Hawaii. “All of us have the...
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by Martin Ettington | Nov 28, 2016 | Animals, Longevity, Science Research |
‘Granny’, the world’s oldest killer whale, is STILL swimming in the Pacific: 105-year-old orca was alive before Titanic sank Granny was sighted with other whales on 27 July in the Salish Sea Scientists have been studying the remarkable cetacean since...
by Martin Ettington | Feb 9, 2016 | Animals, Longevity |
World’s oldest living animal, Jonathan the Tortoise, gets a new lease of life after vet puts him on a healthy diet… at the age of 183 Jonathan the giant Seychelles tortoise has lived on the island of St Helena in the south Atlantic since 1882 The tortoise...
by Martin Ettington | Jan 1, 2016 | Aging, Animals, Longevity, Science Research |
Solving the mysteries of aging in our pets David is the Online News Editor of Science. By David Grimm 3 December 2015 2:00 pm Jeanne Calment has nothing on Creme Puff, the cat. The oldest living human made it to the ripe age of 122—not bad for a species with an...
by Martin Ettington | Oct 15, 2015 | Aging, Animals, Bacteria, Longevity, Longevity & Health, Longevity Article, Science Research |
By The Siberian Times reporter 19 September 2015 Living bacteria found in permafrost – ‘3.5 million years old’ – is ‘scientific sensation’ which allows ‘mice grannies’ to reproduce. Work is also underway to study a so...
by Martin Ettington | Aug 20, 2015 | Aging, Animals, Genetics, Longevity, Longevity & Health, Longevity Article, Science Research |
Discovery of how to switch off ageing process in worms could lead to mechanism being delayed in humans Study of worms found when adult cells abruptly begin their downhill slide Researchers say change occurs when they reach reproductive maturity Finding is significant...
by Martin Ettington | Apr 26, 2015 | Animals, Cells, Genetics, Longevity, Longevity & Health, Longevity Article, Science Research |
Fountain of youth uncovered in mammary glands of mice, by breast cancer researchers Date: April 8, 2015 Source: University of Toronto Summary: The Fountain of Youth has been discovered and it’s not in Florida as Ponce de Leon claimed. Instead, it was found in...
by Martin Ettington | Apr 25, 2015 | Aging, Animals, Longevity, Longevity & Health, Longevity Article, Science Research |
BY DAVID RANIIDRANII@NEWSOBSERVER.COM 04/05/2015 5:08 PM 04/05/2015 9:33 PM DURHAM A new Duke University study of long-living lemurs holds the promise of eventually pointing the way for researchers to identify human genes that could help us live longer, healthier...
