_bobby_tables_ t1_jbz5cri wrote on March 12, 2023 at 9:13 PM

Why is that grandma smiling about long lived worms and yeast?!

wildfire98 t1_jbzbpm2 wrote on March 12, 2023 at 9:58 PM

I thought the same, evidently "Decreasing toxic byproducts of fat could make you feel better and live longer."

noechtwoow t1_jbzeq74 wrote on March 12, 2023 at 10:19 PM

The point of the paper itself is not that “decreasing toxic byproducts of fat could make you feel better and live longer” but that the increased expression of adh-1 (which was not known to play a role in clearing byproducts of fat metabolism afaik) is sufficient and necessary to extend lifespan

crusoe t1_jc0xcfp wrote on March 13, 2023 at 6:02 AM

Alcohol dehydrogenase?

lemony-soapwater t1_jc1zf2p wrote on March 13, 2023 at 1:42 PM

that’s myrna and she IS the yeasty worm. ask edith next door and she’ll tell you allllll about it

_bobby_tables_ t1_jc2aqr1 wrote on March 13, 2023 at 3:04 PM

Myrna? That old hag? I didn't recognize her without her glasses and babushka.

paxcoder t1_jc093ao wrote on March 13, 2023 at 2:12 AM

When she was fourty, she read an article saying human immortality could soon be achieved with science, and she is confident that this is the breakthrough that will enable her to live to at least five hundred years old.