{"id":237342,"date":"2026-05-18T14:03:23","date_gmt":"2026-05-18T19:03:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2026\/05\/this-longevity-gene-may-protect-the-brain-from-aging-and-dementia"},"modified":"2026-05-18T14:03:23","modified_gmt":"2026-05-18T19:03:23","slug":"this-longevity-gene-may-protect-the-brain-from-aging-and-dementia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2026\/05\/this-longevity-gene-may-protect-the-brain-from-aging-and-dementia","title":{"rendered":"This \u201cLongevity Gene\u201d May Protect the Brain From Aging and Dementia"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"aligncenter blog-photo\" href=\"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog.images\/this-longevity-gene-may-protect-the-brain-from-aging-and-dementia.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Scientists have uncovered evidence that APOE2 may help brain cells better withstand stress and age-related damage, revealing a possible biological explanation for its protective effects against Alzheimer\u2019s disease.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Scientists have uncovered evidence that APOE2 may help brain cells better withstand stress and age-related damage, revealing a possible biological explanation for its protective effects against Alzheimer\u2019s disease.<\/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-237342","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\/237342","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=237342"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/237342\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=237342"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=237342"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=237342"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}