National Geographic News

Tuesday, March 17, 2026

"What Earth’s longest-lived animals can teach us about aging better"

https://www.msn.com/en-us/health/general/what-earth-s-longest-lived-animals-can-teach-us-about-aging-better/ar-AA1YBEFx 


"A study published in the journal Science last year found that four changes to the building blocks of an enzyme that's part of the first line of defense against pathogens help naked mole rats repair mutations in its DNA. Fruit flies lived longer with those mutations. Scientists transferred the naked mole rat gene into mice, and they aged healthier — less frail, less gray hair and reduced markers of cellular aging. But there's a flip side..."