Source https://www.fightaging.org/archives/2025/08/reviewing-the-aging-of-the-intestines/
Humans tend to die from cardiovascular aging, while flies tend to die from intestinal aging. The intestines of humans age and become dysfunctional, as they do in flies, of course. But intestinal aging usually isn’t a severe enough cause of issues in and of itself to win out over cardiovascular disease, pulmonary disease, and the other more common causes of death. It may well contribute meaningfully to all of those other causes of mortality! The converse can be said for the aging of the cardiovascular system in f…
Source https://www.fightaging.org/archives/2025/08/reviewing-the-aging-of-the-intestines/
Humans tend to die from cardiovascular aging, while flies tend to die from intestinal aging. The intestines of humans age and become dysfunctional, as they do in flies, of course. But intestinal aging usually isn’t a severe enough cause of issues in and of itself to win out over cardiovascular disease, pulmonary disease, and the other more common causes of death. It may well contribute meaningfully to all of those other causes of mortality! The converse can be said for the aging of the cardiovascular system in f…
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