{"id":170803,"date":"2023-08-28T23:24:54","date_gmt":"2023-08-29T04:24:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2023\/08\/naked-mole-rat-longevity-gene-extends-lifespan-in-mice"},"modified":"2023-08-28T23:24:54","modified_gmt":"2023-08-29T04:24:54","slug":"naked-mole-rat-longevity-gene-extends-lifespan-in-mice","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2023\/08\/naked-mole-rat-longevity-gene-extends-lifespan-in-mice","title":{"rendered":"Naked mole rat \u2018longevity gene\u2019 extends lifespan in mice"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"aligncenter blog-photo\" href=\"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog.images\/naked-mole-rat-longevity-gene-extends-lifespan-in-mice3.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Researchers at the <a href=\"https:\/\/longevity.technology\/tag\/university-of-rochester\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">University of Rochester<\/a> have successfully exported a longevity gene from naked mole rats to mice \u2013 a transfer that resulted in both improved health and an extension of the mouse\u2019s lifespan [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nature.com\/articles\/s41586-023-06463-0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">1<\/a>].<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Longevity. Technology: Naked mole rats, which are known for their long lifespans and exceptional resistance to age-related diseases, have been a focus of longevity research for some time. By introducing a specific gene responsible for improved cellular repair and protection into mice, the Rochester researchers have created promising opportunities to better understand the mechanisms behind aging and potentially increase human lifespan.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cOur study provides a proof of principle that unique longevity mechanisms that evolved in long-lived mammalian species can be exported to improve the lifespans of other mammals,\u201d says <a href=\"https:\/\/longevity.technology\/tag\/vera-gorbunova\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Vera Gorbunova<\/a>, the Doris Johns Cherry Professor of biology and medicine at Rochester [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/newscenter\/gene-transfer-hmw-ha-naked-mole-rats-extends-mice-lifespan-565032\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">2<\/a>].<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Researchers at the University of Rochester have successfully exported a longevity gene from naked mole rats to mice \u2013 a transfer that resulted in both improved health and an extension of the mouse\u2019s lifespan [1]. Longevity. Technology: Naked mole rats, which are known for their long lifespans and exceptional resistance to age-related diseases, have been [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":662,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11,269],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-170803","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-biotech-medical","category-life-extension"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/170803","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\/662"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=170803"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/170803\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=170803"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=170803"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=170803"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}