For hundreds of years, researchers have been dedicated to studying the art of immortality. The latest research has revealed a mystery that nematodes a few centimeters long can remain "immortal" when hungry. They think this research is very promising in the future and develop suitable drugs to extend human life.

　　David. Sherwood said: Get anti-aging effects without having to endure the pain of dietary restrictions. "

　　Researchers have discovered that restricting the food intake of nematodes may cause them to enter a stage of stagnant development. Cells and organs are already at rest.

　　When the food becomes very rich, C. Nematodes return to normal growth and their life span is doubled. This latest research was published in the Journal of the Public Library of American Science and Technology Genetics. It turns out that the nematode was hungry for more than two weeks. Restoring the diet will restore normal development.

　　Sherwood said: "This study shows that the starvation mode of nematodes can not only inhibit aging, but also treat cancer. One of the biggest mysteries in cancer research is that after many years of incubation, early cancer cells I think this worm will bind The cells are starved and then awakened again, which is similar to the metastasis of human cancer cells, and C. elegans is forced to stop development.