Wissenschaftler übertragen erfolgreich Langlebigkeits-Gene und verlängern die Lebensdauer – Wissenschaftler entlehnten ein Langlebigkeitsgeheimnis von Nacktmullen – und nutzten es, um Mäuse gesünder zu machen und länger zu leben.
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2026/05/260510030948.htm#google_vignette
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From the publication
Scientists at the University of Rochester pulled off a remarkable experiment: they transferred a longevity-related gene from the famously long-lived naked mole rat into mice, and the mice ended up healthier and lived longer. The special gene boosts production of a substance called high molecular weight hyaluronic acid, which appears to protect against cancer, reduce inflammation, and support healthier aging. The modified mice showed stronger resistance to tumors, healthier guts, and lower levels of age-related inflammation.
I don’t get the obsession with longevity. We already have people living too long and life sucking for a vast majority of the population. The science on this is really cool, but my perspective on a long life has taken a nosedive recently.
The interesting part about a lot of longevity research lately is that it’s shifting from “can we make animals live longer?” toward “can we extend healthy function and reduce degeneration?”
Even modest improvements in healthy aging could end up having massive societal impact if they translate to humans even partially.
Ah yes, the mice are going to be immortal, super resistant, superbeings at this rate. Humans will never see most of it.
>The genetically modified mice lived healthier lives and had an approximate 4.4 percent increase in median lifespan compared with ordinary mice.
The last thing we need is humans living longer. Making us healthier as we age would be great but we can already to that with a proper diet and exercise over our life (which many of us forgo, including me).
Naked mole rats live decades and mice live ~2 years. The paper says the increase in the modified mice was 4.4% which is not significant and hardly „the“ gene.