{"id":237939,"date":"2026-05-29T02:33:44","date_gmt":"2026-05-29T07:33:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2026\/05\/electrical-pulses-reverse-aging-in-sea-squirts-offering-clues-for-extending-human-longevity"},"modified":"2026-05-29T02:33:44","modified_gmt":"2026-05-29T07:33:44","slug":"electrical-pulses-reverse-aging-in-sea-squirts-offering-clues-for-extending-human-longevity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2026\/05\/electrical-pulses-reverse-aging-in-sea-squirts-offering-clues-for-extending-human-longevity","title":{"rendered":"Electrical pulses reverse aging in sea squirts, offering clues for extending human longevity"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"aligncenter blog-photo\" href=\"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog.images\/electrical-pulses-reverse-aging-in-sea-squirts-offering-clues-for-extending-human-longevity.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>A tiny sea creature might hold the secret to reversing the aging process. When treated with a brief series of electrical pulses, sea squirts experience dramatic and long-lasting health improvements that can significantly extend their lifespans, according to a new <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pnas.org\/doi\/abs\/10.1073\/pnas.2610968123\" target=\"_blank\">study<\/a> by researchers at Stanford and other institutions.<\/p>\n<p>The findings, published in <i>PNAS<\/i>, open new possibilities for protecting marine species from warming waters, learning what causes stem cells in our own bodies to degrade, and potentially finding new ways to use these cells to treat medical conditions.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis treatment recharges stem cells,\u201d said study co-senior author Ayelet Voskoboynik, an assistant professor of biology in the Stanford School of Humanities and Sciences. \u201cUnderstanding this mechanism is the key to unlocking how we might one day slow stem cell aging and trigger rejuvenation pathways.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A tiny sea creature might hold the secret to reversing the aging process. When treated with a brief series of electrical pulses, sea squirts experience dramatic and long-lasting health improvements that can significantly extend their lifespans, according to a new study by researchers at Stanford and other institutions. The findings, published in PNAS, open new [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":427,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11,269],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-237939","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\/237939","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\/427"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=237939"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/237939\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=237939"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=237939"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=237939"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}