Yellow dye 1 could be the key to immortality

Researchers were speculating that if they could just bind something to defective proteins they could get them cleaned out of cells. Noting that they could see the defective structures because they were staining them yellow, they used their yellow stain. Instant 60% lifespan increase in (yellow) nematodes. If only nematodes could award Nobel prizes.

Other non-dye chemicals were found to work similarly. If this goes anywhere in the end, I don't think we need to fear being ruled by an upper class of chartreuse immortals.

[1] Best known around HN for the "Things I Won't Work With" series: http://pipeline.corante.com/archives/things_i_wont_work_with...

[1]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sudan_I

The intro paragraph was definitely written by a scientist