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Alcoholic worms live longer


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Tiny portions of ethanol, the type of alcohol found in alcoholic beverages, can more than double the lifespan of a tiny worm known as C elegans.

The worm, found in soils, where they eat bacteria, is used frequently as a model in aging studies, according to University of California Los Angeles biochemists.

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Weird, the amount is so tiny I wonder that in humans we might benefit from it by natural fermentation in the gut?

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