Thu. 05/27 - Naked Mole Rats: The Key to Slowing Human Aging?

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Reggie Risseeuw and Marques Pfaff

Tech News, News, Science, Society & Culture

4.6 • 739 Ratings

🗓️ 27 May 2021

⏱️ 18 minutes

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Potentially good news for longterm COVID-19 immunity. Pizza farms, not just a figment of my imagination, apparently they’re a real and wonderful thing. And the story of a naked mole rat named Joe who just won’t die, and what he could mean for human longevity. Links: Immunity to the Coronavirus May Persist for Years, Scientists Find (NY Times) Vaccinated COVID-19 survivors may be immune for life, according to new research (Mic) Pizza farm (Wikipedia) Pizza-shaped farm draws tourists with organic slice (USA Today) The Pizza Farm (via Web Archive) 'Pizza farm' also a place to learn about organic methods (The State Journal-Register) Where to Eat Pizza on a Farm in Minnesota and Wisconsin (Eater) Where the Produce Includes Pepperoni: The Pizza Farm (NY Times) The Long, Strange Life of the World’s Oldest Naked Mole Rat (Wired) "Our definition of 'summer' will change" (Alissa Walker, Twitter) L.A. County Fair is moving from scorching September to cooler May (LA Times) Exclusive: Phil and Lil's mom Betty will be gay in new Rugrats series (A/V Club) Kottke.Org Jackson Bird on Twitter See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:57.2	Potentially good news for long-term COVID-19 immunity.
1:02.6	Pizza farms. Not just a figment of my imagination, apparently a very real and wonderful thing.
1:10.2	And the story of a naked mole rat named Joe who just
1:14.7	won't die and what he could mean for human longevity. Here are some of the cool things
1:20.8	from the news today. Well, there may be some good news for anyone who got COVID-19 and managed to get through
1:31.1	it relatively unscathed.
1:32.9	Two new studies indicate that you may be immune to reinfection for at least a year and
1:38.8	possibly for your entire life, especially if you also got vaccinated. And for the rest of us who did not get
1:46.1	COVID, but did get vaccinated, will probably still need booster shots whenever they come out.
1:51.3	But even still, these studies, if they hold up, are very welcome news about the longevity
1:56.2	of immunity. One of the studies published Monday in in the journal Nature, focuses on antibodies coming
2:02.2	from the bone marrow. The other study showed that memory B cells persist and mature for at least
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