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Why is that grandma smiling about long lived worms and yeast?!

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I thought the same, evidently "Decreasing toxic byproducts of fat could make you feel better and live longer."

The point of the paper itself is not that “decreasing toxic byproducts of fat could make you feel better and live longer” but that the increased expression of adh-1 (which was not known to play a role in clearing byproducts of fat metabolism afaik) is sufficient and necessary to extend lifespan

When she was fourty, she read an article saying human immortality could soon be achieved with science, and she is confident that this is the breakthrough that will enable her to live to at least five hundred years old.

Now this will be a great way to extend the lifespan of worms!

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Alcohol dehydrogenase?

that’s myrna and she IS the yeasty worm. ask edith next door and she’ll tell you allllll about it

Myrna? That old hag? I didn't recognize her without her glasses and babushka.

Great! I’ve always wanted WORMS to live longer!

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