Deep Dive: Rapamycin, Crickets and a Very Small Treadmill

The full story behind this week's trailer: The gerotherapeutic drugs rapamycin, acarbose, and phenylbutyrate extend lifespan and enhance healthy aging in house crickets Chapters 00:03 — Cold open 01:16 — Why this field exists 02:59 — What was known before 04:30 — The open question 05:14 — Methods: crickets and diet 07:16 — Methods: the tests 09:54 — Results: smell 10:42 — Results: open field and gait 12:24 — A word from our sponsor 13:08 — Results: treadmill and jumping 14:19 — Results: weight 14:52 — Results: survival 17:27 — Why it matters 19:16 — Caveats 21:24 — What to watch 22:19 — Sign-off Links (some are reklamelinks and can earn the show a commission) Paper: The gerotherapeutic drugs rapamycin, acarbose, and phenylbutyrate extend lifespan and enhance healthy aging in house crickets (Scientific Reports) Sponsor: Potency supplements on Amazon Subscribe (RSS) — boosts welcome via any Podcasting 2.0 app.