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In this weekly roundup for July 1-8, 2026, I break down three longevity signals worth paying attention to right now:
- Aging damage appearing to vary across roughly seven orders of magnitude across species
- Alpha-ketoglutarate users tracking 1.8 years younger in a 4,200-person dataset
- Long-lived families showing a roughly 13-year cardiometabolic advantage, alongside rare gene signals tied to healthy aging
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Covered in this video:
1. Aging’s Damage Spans 7 Orders of Magnitude; 2,000 Longevity Genes Stalled
2. Alpha-Ketoglutarate Tracked 1.8 Years Younger; 370 Drugs Flagged for Aging
3. A Butterfly Aged 25x Slower; Long-Lived Genes Bought 13 Years
Newsletter links for this week’s posts:
- Aging’s Damage Spans 7 Orders of Magnitude; 2,000 Longevity Genes Stalled: https://hunamakia.substack.com/p/agings-damage-spans-7-orders-of-magnitude
- Alpha-Ketoglutarate Tracked 1.8 Years Younger; 370 Drugs Flagged for Aging: https://hunamakia.substack.com/p/alpha-ketoglutarate-tracked-18-years
- A Butterfly Aged 25x Slower; Long-Lived Genes Bought 13 Years: https://hunamakia.substack.com/p/a-butterfly-aged-25x-slower-long
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This is an AI avatar. All content is sourced by, edited and the video produced by AI. If you want to use the data for making decisions please independently verify the sources and the data before use.
