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MDI Biological Laboratory Will Use African Turquoise Killifish Model to Study Aging

BioPortfolio · January 16, 2020

The study of therapies and interventions to expand healthy human lifespan has been limited by a lack of animal models: traditional vertebrate models such as the mouse live too long to get rapid results, while the most popular model, a roundworm called C.elegans that lives for only three weeks, is rungs away from humans on the evolutionary ladder.

MDI Biological Laboratory Will Use African Turquoise Killifish Model to Study Aging

News Medical: Life Sciences · January 16, 2020

Thanks to a $75,000 grant from The Cotswold Foundation, the MDI Biological Laboratory will add the African turquoise killifish (Nothobranchius furzeri) to its growing roster of animal models.

MDI Biological Laboratory Will Use New Animal Model to Study Aging

Bio-IT World · January 15, 2020

Thanks to a $75,000 grant from The Cotswold Foundation, the MDI Biological Laboratory will add the African turquoise killifish (Nothobranchius furzeri) to its growing roster of animal models.

MDI Biological Laboratory Will Use New Animal Model to Study Aging

Bioengineer.org · January 15, 2020

Thanks to a $75,000 grant from The Cotswold Foundation, the MDI Biological Laboratory will add the African turquoise killifish (Nothobranchius furzeri) to its growing roster of animal models.

Pathways That Extend Lifespan by 500 Percent Identified

Health Medicine Network · January 15, 2020

Scientists have identified pathways that extend lifespan by 500 percent. The increase in lifespan would be the equivalent of a human living for 400 or 500 years, according to one of the scientists.

Researchers Identify Cellular Pathways that Extend Lifespan by 500%

Technology.org · January 14, 2020

Working on C. elegans – a nematode worm commonly used in aging research due to its weeks-long lifespan and genetic similarities with humans – an international team of researchers from the U.S. and China have identified synergistic cellular pathways for longevity which can extend the host’s lifespan by as many as 500%.

Want to Live 400 Years? These Simple Nematode Worms Might Show Humans How

SyFyWire · January 14, 2020

In a new study published in the online journal Cell Reports, a team of international researchers has discovered methods to increase the lifespan of the lowly C. elegans worm by five times, long after its normal three or four week lifecycle. If these findings were successfully applied to human beings, that person would experience the equivalent of blowing out 400 birthday ca…

MDI Biological Scientists Identify Pathways That Extend Lifespan by 500 Percent

TerraDaily · January 13, 2020

Scientists at the MDI Biological Laboratory, in collaboration with scientists from the Buck Institute for Research on Aging in Novato, Calif., and Nanjing University in China, have identified synergistic cellular pathways for longevity that amplify lifespan fivefold in C. elegans, a nematode worm used as a model in aging research.

Scientists Find Mechanism That Extends Worm Lifespans by 500 Percent – ScienceAlert

Sunday Snippets: Scientists Discover Cellular Pathways They Say Could Extend Human Life to 500 Years

Daily Kos · January 12, 2020

Researchers at the MDI Biological Laboratory, the Buck Institute for Research on Aging, and Nanjing University in China found “synergistic cellular pathways for longevity” in C. elegans, a nematode worm used as a model in aging research.