Nature · 23 September 2026 · From issue 41
Lsp2 links early-life diet to adult translation and lifespan in Drosophila
In fruit flies, eating less protein as a baby made adults live longer.
Hina Kosakamoto, Rina Okada et al.
Baby fruit flies fed less protein grew up to live longer as adults. This happened because the young flies made less of a storage protein. That protein normally carries building blocks into adult cells. Cutting two specific amino acids in early life also lowered the storage protein and made the flies live longer.
Shows one protein carries early diet effects into adult lifespan in flies only.
Fruit flies only, no human data yet.
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