@thecellbrief: Scientists found this peptide... inside an Alzheimer's brain. 🧠🧬 In 2001, a team in Tokyo searched genes from a patient's brain. One gene kept nerve cells alive. They called it humanin. It's 24 amino acids, and its recipe hides in your cells' power plants. In cells, it held back the protein that starts a cell's shutdown. In one study, children of people who lived to 100 had higher humanin levels. No trial has given it to people yet, and it is not an approved medicine. Want more mitochondria science? Comment MITO 👇 Education only. Not medical advice. #mitochondria #longevity #neuroscience #scienceexplained #learnontiktok

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