{"id":144076,"date":"2022-08-15T23:53:35","date_gmt":"2022-08-16T04:53:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2022\/08\/researchers-discover-new-molecules-with-longevity-boosting-potential"},"modified":"2022-08-15T23:53:35","modified_gmt":"2022-08-16T04:53:35","slug":"researchers-discover-new-molecules-with-longevity-boosting-potential","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2022\/08\/researchers-discover-new-molecules-with-longevity-boosting-potential","title":{"rendered":"Researchers discover new molecules with longevity boosting potential"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"aligncenter blog-photo\" href=\"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog.images\/researchers-discover-new-molecules-with-longevity-boosting-potential2.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Researchers at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem have discovered a new family of molecules that enable cells to repair damaged components, making it possible for those tissues to retain proper function. The efficacy of the molecules was demonstrated on a model organism \u2013 the <em>C. elegans <\/em>roundworm. The research team examined the effect of various therapies on longevity and quality of life, and successfully showed they can protect the worm and human cells from damage.<\/p>\n<p>The researchers, led by Professors Einav Gross and Shmuel Ben-Sasson, have founded a company called Vitalunga to advance the research and translate it into therapeutics.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Longevity. Technology: A major factor in aging tissues is the reduced effectiveness of our cell\u2019s quality-control mechanism, which leads to the accumulation of defective <a href=\"https:\/\/longevity.technology\/mike-murphy-on-mitochondria-and-keeping-them-healthy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">mitochondria<\/a> \u2013 the cellular \u2018power plants\u2019 responsible for energy production. Mitochondria can be compared to tiny electric batteries that help cells function properly. Although these \u2018batteries\u2019 wear out constantly, our cells have a sophisticated mechanism called mitophagy that removes defective mitochondria and replaces them with new ones. However, this mechanism declines with age, leading to cell dysfunction and deterioration in tissue activity, and is implicated in many age-related diseases, such as Alzheimer\u2019s disease, Parkinson\u2019s disease, heart failure and sarcopenia.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Researchers at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem have discovered a new family of molecules that enable cells to repair damaged components, making it possible for those tissues to retain proper function. The efficacy of the molecules was demonstrated on a model organism \u2013 the C. elegans roundworm. The research team examined the effect of various [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":511,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11,269,47],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-144076","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-biotech-medical","category-life-extension","category-neuroscience"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/144076","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/511"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=144076"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/144076\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=144076"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=144076"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=144076"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}