Researchers Step Forward to Creating Fountain of Youth

Researchers discovery towards a considerably longer lifespan. The proper protein that was found in long-lived bats could bring to light the reason why they live much longer than the majority of other mammals of about the same size, for example mice.

The research find the underlying mechanisms that make it possible for some animals to live much longer than others. Thus, researchers hope to come up with therapies that would slow down the process of aging in humans.

Together with his colleagues, the researcher managed to remove proteins from the livers of Tadarida brasiliensis and Myotis velifer, which are the 2 long-lived bat species, as well as from the livers of young adult mice. 

Afterwards scientists exposed the proteins to chemicals that cause protein misfolding. Then they analyzed the proteins and discovered that proteins extracted from bats were less damaged than the proteins removed from mice, which suggests that bats feature a mechanism that helps them maintain proper structure under great stress, reports the website of the Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology.