Animal study · Nutrition · 4 Sept 2026
Stanford scientists discover a seafood that can reverse signs of aging
Source: ScienceDaily
What the research found
Study (mice; ScienceDaily coverage dated 4 Sept 2026 of a 2022 Frontiers paper). Xi'an Jiaotong-Liverpool, Stanford and collaborators reported that plasmalogen lipids abundant in edible sea squirts improved Morris-water-maze learning in aged mice, with more synapses, less brain inflammation, and thicker darker fur. The underlying paper is in Frontiers in Molecular Biosciences (2022). This is laboratory animal work, not evidence that eating sea squirts or taking plasmalogen pills reverses human aging. Human trials would be required; supplements marketed on this headline are weakly evidenced.
Evidence level: Animal study. Results in animals or cells often don't carry over to people.
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