{"id":233171,"date":"2026-03-12T14:11:44","date_gmt":"2026-03-12T19:11:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2026\/03\/popular-anti-aging-supplement-may-fuel-cancer-growth-heres-why"},"modified":"2026-03-12T14:11:44","modified_gmt":"2026-03-12T19:11:44","slug":"popular-anti-aging-supplement-may-fuel-cancer-growth-heres-why","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2026\/03\/popular-anti-aging-supplement-may-fuel-cancer-growth-heres-why","title":{"rendered":"Popular Anti-Aging Supplement May Fuel Cancer Growth \u2014 Here\u2019s Why"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"aligncenter blog-photo\" href=\"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog.images\/popular-anti-aging-supplement-may-fuel-cancer-growth-heres-why.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>This actually offers some significant new insights for both cancer treatment research and the development of anti-aging therapies. \ud83e\udde0<\/p>\n<p>Read more\ud83d\udc47<\/p>\n<hr>\n<p>A group of natural compounds attracting attention for their anti-aging potential has a dark side.<\/p>\n<p>New research shows how a family of chemicals called polyamines speeds up the growth of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sciencealert.com\/cancer\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_self\">cancer<\/a> cells. Led by a team from the Tokyo University of Science in Japan, the study offers some significant new insights for both cancer treatment research and the development of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sciencealert.com\/scientists-identify-how-young-blood-reverses-aging-in-human-skin-cells\">anti-aging therapies<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Polyamines are essential molecules found in all living cells. Including compounds with colorful names like <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Spermidine\">spermidine<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Putrescine\">putrescine<\/a>, they regulate processes involving cell growth and protein synthesis.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This actually offers some significant new insights for both cancer treatment research and the development of anti-aging therapies. \ud83e\udde0 Read more\ud83d\udc47 A group of natural compounds attracting attention for their anti-aging potential has a dark side. New research shows how a family of chemicals called polyamines speeds up the growth of cancer cells. Led by [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":662,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11,19,269],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-233171","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-biotech-medical","category-chemistry","category-life-extension"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/233171","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=233171"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/233171\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=233171"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=233171"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=233171"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}