A team of French researchers recently found "a powerful longevity gene "in some worms, which could help humans fight aging-related diseases like cancer, osteoporosis and neurodegenerative processes.
is the nhr-80, a 'master gene' who have certain types of worms and transmitting information to many other genes that to custody, said the director of research, Hugo Aguilaniu.
The "overexpression" of the same type worm Caenorhabditis elegans laboratory (development of more copies of this substance) prolongs life by up to 150% more than wild specimens.
The nhr-80, whose version of the Humans are the NHS-4, is activated by a hormone that has not yet been discovered and scientists try to identify.
After locating the mysterious hormone, it is easier for experts to operate on it and try to extend the longevity of organisms, including humans.
According to the team from the National Center for Scientific Research (CNRS), the School of Lyon and University Claude Bernard led by Aguilaniu, is "very likely to develop new applications to design drugs capable of fighting strike against a group of diseases related to aging. "
however, will have to wait two or three years for researchers (whose study has been collected by the journal PLoS Biology) to pass to experiment with worms to do with mice and at least ten years to start human medical trials .
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