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Caffeine May Help Us Live Longer by Flipping a Cellular Switch

Mayur Tembhare
  1. Researchers at Queen Mary University of London found that caffeine can activate an ancient cellular energy system linked to aging. This could explain why earlier studies showed that caffeine is linked to potential health benefits.

  2. Researchers at Queen Mary University of London found that caffeine can activate an ancient cellular energy system linked to aging. This could explain why earlier studies showed that caffeine is linked to potential health benefits.

  3. Researchers at Queen Mary University of London found that caffeine can activate an ancient cellular energy system linked to aging. This could explain why earlier studies showed that caffeine is linked to potential health benefits.

  4. Researchers at Queen Mary University of London found that caffeine can activate an ancient cellular energy system linked to aging. This could explain why earlier studies showed that caffeine is linked to potential health benefits.

Caffeine May Help Us Live Longer by Flipping a Cellular Switch

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Researchers at Queen Mary University of London found that caffeine can activate an ancient cellular energy system linked to aging. This could explain why earlier studies showed that caffeine is linked to potential health benefits.

Your morning coffee may be doing more than just helping you wake up. A recent study from Queen Mary University of London suggests that caffeine can flip a switch in our cells that's involved in growth, stress resistance, and DNA repair. These processes are closely tied to aging, which could help explain why caffeine has been linked to potential health benefits in earlier studies.

The researchers used fission yeast, also known as

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Researchers at Queen Mary University of London found that caffeine can activate an ancient cellular energy system linked to aging. This could explain why earlier studies showed that caffeine is linked to potential health benefits.

Source: https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2026/09/260907201609.htm

Journal reference:

  1. John-Patrick Alao, Juhi Kumar, Despina Stamataki, Charalampos Rallis. Dissecting the cell cycle regulation, DNA damage sensitivity and lifespan effects of caffeine in fission yeast. Microbial Cell, 2025; 12: 141 DOI: 10.15698/mic2025.06.852

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