Mid-infrared light

1 paper3 findings

C, W, M, H: cells, worms or flies, mice, humans. Dark: independent labs found the same change there. Light: one lab or one study. Outline: nothing yet.

Labs are independent when their papers share no last author and no institution.

Against: findings that point the other way from most findings on the same outcome.

On aging: the drug’s trials ARN judged to be about aging, of every trial that tests it for any use.

No results posted: trials that ended more than a year ago with no results on ClinicalTrials.gov and no paper in ARN’s record.

Company ties: findings with an author at a company, or from a paper whose competing-interests statement declares ties to one.

1 lab in 1 country

Funder: National Natural Science Foundation of China

Model organisms1

Outcomes

Mitochondrial energy metabolism efficiency

upin worms1

1 study

Mid-infrared light increases mitochondrial energy metabolism efficiency in worms.
“MIR exposure enhanced global gene transcription in parallel with the establishment of a mitochondrial state of high-efficiency energy metabolism”
Model organisms
Mid-infrared light nonthermally produces anti-aging effects through cellular efficiency enhancement in living organisms
bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)10 Feb 2026Preprint

global gene transcription

upin worms1

1 study

Mid-infrared light increases global gene transcription in worms.
“At the cellular level, MIR exposure enhanced global gene transcription”
Model organisms
Mid-infrared light nonthermally produces anti-aging effects through cellular efficiency enhancement in living organisms
bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)10 Feb 2026Preprint

Lifespan

upin worms1+60% median lifespan

1 study

Mid-infrared light extends lifespan in worms (+60% median lifespan).
“super-weak 34-THz MIR light (∼1 μW mm − 2) prolonged the median lifespan of worms by 60%”
Model organisms34-THz mid-infrared light∼1 μW mm − 2
Mid-infrared light nonthermally produces anti-aging effects through cellular efficiency enhancement in living organisms
bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)10 Feb 2026Preprint

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bioRxiv10 Feb