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The flavonoid isoliquiritigenin promotes lifespan extension of Caenorhabditis elegans through the transcription factor DAF-16 and aquaporin-2.

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Key takeaways

This was a study of a plant compound and lifespan in tiny worms. It is not about kidney disease in people. There is nothing here that helps a kidney patient.

Who did this work

Zhao X · Ren L · Gu D · Yao Y · Wang S · Gao J · Qi Y

Source

Article · PubMed, Climate, heat and the kidney · 2026 Aug 7
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/42585373/