Longevity Gene Found 358
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quixote9 writes "Calorie restriction while maintaining nutrient levels has long been known to dramatically increase life spans. Very different lab animals, from worms to mice, live up to 50% longer (or even more) on the restricted diets. However, so far, nobody has been able to figure out how this works. Scientists at the Salk Institute have found a specific gene in worms (there's a very similar one in people) that is directly involved in the longevity effect. That opens up the interesting possibility that doctors may someday be able to activate that gene directly and we can live long and prosper . . . without giving up chocolate."
People demand it (Score:5, Funny)
Retirement age.. (Score:5, Funny)
Gene sequence in hex is... (Score:5, Funny)
(That is going to hurt my karma but I am still no bored of that joke...)
(OK, maybe a little over it)
Re:Today's society (Score:1, Funny)
Re:Ponce de León still searching... (Score:2, Funny)
tinfoil response (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Ponce de León still searching... (Score:3, Funny)
Won't somebody please think of the great-grandchildren!?
They all got it wrong (Score:5, Funny)
Where did the funding come from? (Score:3, Funny)
Re:tinfoil response (Score:3, Funny)
Re:CNN Did a story about this ... (Score:2, Funny)
Live long and prosperous (Score:2, Funny)
Does this gene transforms our ears in pointy ones?
Awesome! (Score:3, Funny)
Re:Who would want to live forever? (Score:5, Funny)
3 men in an old-age home were comparing notes.
The 70-year-old said that he needs to go to the toilet first thing in the morning, and it takes him 10 minutes just to get out of bed, and another half-hour in the can, so he has to get up at 6:30 if he's going to make it for breakfast at 7:00
The 80-year-old said "You think that's bad? It takes me half an hour to get out of bed, and an HOUR in the toilet, so I have to get up at 5:30 in the morning if I'm going to eat breakfast at 7:00. Heck, I have to take half a viagra so I don't end up pissing on my slippers!
The 90-year-old says "You young'uns ... I wake up at 6:55, have a piss, take a shit, and I'm all done by 7:00 ... then I have breakfast, while they change my sheets."
Great.... (Score:3, Funny)
Re:tinfoil response (Score:2, Funny)
Re:People demand it (Score:3, Funny)