Detecting genes increases the life expectancy by 30%

In a fruit fly experiment, experts at the University of California at Los Angeles (UCLA, USA) activated a single gene, AMPK, but still managed to extend their life by 30%.

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The UCLA lab developed an experiment of more than 100,000 fruit flies, and the gene-activated group lived more than 8 weeks compared to an average of 6 weeks, while maintaining longer-term health throughout the entire life. .

For ease of comparison, if the average American life expectancy is now 78, applicable in the case of fruit flies, they can live up to 101 years of age.

This impressive result was achieved by eliminating 'cell waste' that causes old-age diseases like Parkinson's.

This process, called "self-realization ," triggered by the AMPK gene , allows cells to isolate and remove old and useless fragments that can damage healthy cells.

While humans also have the AMPK gene, in most cases it is locked, according to a report on the Cell Reports report.