{"id":171734,"date":"2023-09-10T15:23:07","date_gmt":"2023-09-10T20:23:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2023\/09\/why-researchers-say-theyre-a-step-closer-to-extending-lifespan"},"modified":"2023-09-10T15:23:07","modified_gmt":"2023-09-10T20:23:07","slug":"why-researchers-say-theyre-a-step-closer-to-extending-lifespan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2023\/09\/why-researchers-say-theyre-a-step-closer-to-extending-lifespan","title":{"rendered":"Why researchers say they\u2019re a step closer to extending lifespan"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"aligncenter blog-photo\" href=\"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog.images\/why-researchers-say-theyre-a-step-closer-to-extending-lifespan2.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>(<a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsnationnow.com\/science\/researchers-say-theyre-a-step-closer-to-extending-lifespan\/\">NewsNation<\/a>) \u2014 Researchers at the University of Rochester transferred a longevity gene from naked mole rats to mice, calling it a \u201cgroundbreaking endeavor.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>According to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/newscenter\/gene-transfer-hmw-ha-naked-mole-rats-extends-mice-lifespan-565032\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">the University of Rochester<\/a>, naked mole rats have long captured the attention of scientists for their lengthy lifespans and resistance to age-related diseases.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>(NewsNation) \u2014 Researchers at the University of Rochester transferred a longevity gene from naked mole rats to mice, calling it a \u201cgroundbreaking endeavor.\u201d According to the University of Rochester, naked mole rats have long captured the attention of scientists for their lengthy lifespans and resistance to age-related diseases.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":396,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11,269],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-171734","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\/171734","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\/396"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=171734"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/171734\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=171734"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=171734"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=171734"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}