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If they dared, biohacking bros who seek to defy aging could try a simple, time-tested method: castration.
Removing the testicles extends male life span across many mammalian species, including humans. But a research team exploring this effect has now found the surgical procedure doesn’t have to be performed early in life to boost longevity, as scientists had assumed.
In a new preprint, the group reports that neutering older male mice lengthens their lives by more than 30%, upending prevailing ideas of how the testes influence aging.
Learn more: scim.ag/4eMYMV1
ALT Castration extends life span, but in a surprising way, mouse study suggests
💜 #raredisease is any disease affecting fewer than 200,000 people in total.
🦓 Rare diseases are common!!!
💚 1 in 10 Americans live with a rare disease.
🧬+7,000 identified rare diseases exist, these conditions impact the lives of may individuals, their families & friends...
🎃🧪 Be safe and avoid contact with any questionable chemicals...definitely don't drink them! 🤓💚
#Halloween2026
🕷Gibellula attenboroughii is a species of arachnid parasitoid fungus discovered in 2021 by David Attenborough.
Parasitic to 2 species of spider & has been recorded mostly in Ireland & Sweden.
Behavioural changes move them to more open spaces facilitating the dispersal of spores.
🪰Harvard University in the US researched fruit flies (Drosophila melanogaster) infected w/ Entomophthora muscae fungus.
🦠Finding the internal clock & hormone-producing systems of the fly's brain are involved in propelling the fungi's host to an elevated final resting place.🤓💚
