{"id":62702,"date":"2025-12-08T04:48:39","date_gmt":"2025-12-07T17:48:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/?p=62702"},"modified":"2025-12-08T04:48:39","modified_gmt":"2025-12-07T17:48:39","slug":"a-tiny-worm-just-revealed-a-big-secret-about-living-longer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/?p=62702","title":{"rendered":"A tiny worm just revealed a big secret about living longer"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-62703\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Genetics_Longevity_DNA_Hourglass.png\" alt=\"Genetics Longevity DNA Hourglass\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Genetics_Longevity_DNA_Hourglass.png 1200w, https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Genetics_Longevity_DNA_Hourglass-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Genetics_Longevity_DNA_Hourglass-1024x576.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Genetics_Longevity_DNA_Hourglass-768x432.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Scientists studying aging found that sensory inputs like touch and smell can cancel out the lifespan-boosting effects of dietary restriction by suppressing the key longevity gene fmo-2. When overactivated, the gene makes worms oddly indifferent to danger and food, suggesting trade-offs between lifespan and behavior. The work highlights how deeply intertwined the brain, metabolism, and environment are. These pathways may eventually be targeted to extend life without extreme dieting.<\/p>\n<p>Keep reading:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/nexusnewsfeed.com\/article\/climate-ecology\/a-tiny-worm-just-revealed-a-big-secret-about-living-longer\/\">https:\/\/nexusnewsfeed.com\/article\/climate-ecology\/a-tiny-worm-just-revealed-a-big-secret-about-living-longer\/<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Scientists studying aging found that sensory inputs like touch and smell can cancel out the lifespan-boosting effects of dietary restriction by suppressing the key longevity gene fmo-2. When overactivated, the gene makes worms oddly indifferent to danger and food, suggesting trade-offs between lifespan and behavior. The work highlights how deeply intertwined the brain, metabolism, and &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/?p=62702\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;A tiny worm just revealed a big secret about living longer&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-62702","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-general-interest","category-health-tips"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/62702","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=62702"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/62702\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":62704,"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/62702\/revisions\/62704"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=62702"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=62702"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=62702"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}