Methuselah flies: A way to discover the secrets of human longevity
Michael Rose, a biologist, began selective breeding Drosophila fruit flys in the 1980s to increase longevity. The descendants of the original Methuselah fly are now held by the biotech company Genescient Corporation. They live 4.5x longer than normal fruitflies.
How many of the systemic genetic variations can be used as lessons to develop longevity therapies for human beings? Dr. Ben Goertzel and bio-AI colleagues from SingularityNET and Rejuve. AI is betting that the answer to this question will be quite a number.
SingularityNET & Rejuve. AI has launched a partnership to transfer insights from the Methuselah flies genome to the human genomic. The aim is to gather new information about gene therapies, drugs and nutraceutical regimens that can prolong healthy human life.
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https://blog.singularitynet.io/probing-the-secrets-to-human-longevity-with-methuselah-flies-e2f59e337661
