{"id":72361,"date":"2017-09-06T11:22:32","date_gmt":"2017-09-06T18:22:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2017\/09\/cellular-time-machine-could-offer-parkinsons-treatment"},"modified":"2017-09-06T11:22:32","modified_gmt":"2017-09-06T18:22:32","slug":"cellular-time-machine-could-offer-parkinsons-treatment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2017\/09\/cellular-time-machine-could-offer-parkinsons-treatment","title":{"rendered":"Cellular \u2018time machine\u2019 could offer Parkinson\u2019s treatment"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<p><video width=\"636\" height=\"358\" controls><source src=\"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog.images\/cellular-time-machine-could-offer-parkinsons-treatment.mp4\" type=\"video\/mp4\"><\/video><\/p>\n<p>The secret to a long life? A protein that acts as a cellular \u2018time machine\u2019 is found to extend the lifespan of fruit flies by 20%.<\/p>\n<hr>\n<p>Biologists have turned back the clock on ageing in the cells of fruit flies, by increasing levels of a protein called Drp1.<\/p>\n<p>This cellular time machine was found to lengthen the life-span of the insects by between 10 and 20 per cent.<\/p>\n<p>Experts hope to develop drugs to mimic this effect in humans with age-related diseases including Alzheimer\u2019s, extending people\u2019s life expectancy and giving them more healthy years towards the end of their lives.<\/p>\n<p><!-- Link: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/sciencetech\/article-4857626\/Cellular-time-machine-offer-Parkinson-s-treatment.html\">http:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/sciencetech\/article-4857626\/Cellu...tment.html<\/a> --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The secret to a long life? A protein that acts as a cellular \u2018time machine\u2019 is found to extend the lifespan of fruit flies by 20%. Biologists have turned back the clock on ageing in the cells of fruit flies, by increasing levels of a protein called Drp1. This cellular time machine was found to [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":409,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11,269,47],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-72361","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\/72361","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\/409"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=72361"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72361\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=72361"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=72361"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=72361"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}