UNT's Richard Dixon, Distinguished Research Professor and Associate Director of UNT's
BioDiscovery Institute, is making headlines worldwide with his stunning research into
the longevity of the Ginkgo biloba tree. Dixon found that, unlike you and me, these
trees are not programmed to die and, unless acted upon by an outside force, could
live forever.
It's not the first time Dixon's work has been recognized internationally. In 2018, he was elected into the United Kingdom's Royal Society, the oldest scientific organization in the world dedicated to the understanding and advancement of science. The Royal Society is similar to the United States' National Academy of Sciences, of which Dixon also is a member. Headlines from around the world include:
- Secrets of '1,000-year-old trees' unlocked — BBC
- Ginkgo biloba: qual o segredo da árvore para viver mais de mil anos e o que médicos dizem sobre seu consumo — BBC News Brasil
- Ginkgo biloba: cuál es el secreto de estos árboles para vivir más de 1.000 años (y cuánto realmente benefician a los humanos) — BBC Spanish
- Apa rahasia pohon ginkgo dapat bertahan hidup 'lebih dari 1.000 tahun'? — BBC Indonesian
- Trees can live for CENTURIES thanks to an 'immune system' of protective chemicals that defends them against disease and drought in their old age — The Daily Mail
- A Genetic Elixir of Life Helps Millennia-Old Ginkgo Trees Escape Death — Smithsonian Magazine
- How 600-year-old ginkgo trees stay youthful — Nature Magazine
- The Secret That Helps Some Trees Live More Than 1,000 Years—The New York Times Science: Trilobites
- How do ancient trees grow so old? — Cosmos Magazine
- Scientists Are Probing How Ginkgo Trees Stay Youthful for Hundreds of Years — Discover Magazine
- How the Ginkgo biloba achieves near-immortality — Science Magazine
- Gingko biloba trees guard a secret fountain of youth — Mother Nature Network
- Ginkgo's Extreme Longevity Credited to Immune System — The Scientist
- Some trees can live for more than 1,000 years and scientists may have figured out why — CNN Asia
- Secret of how some trees can live for 1,000 years is unravelled by scientists— Yahoo Finance
- How Some Trees' Cells Let Them Live For Thousands Of Years— IFLScience
- Why The Ginkgo Biloba Tree Is Basically Immortal — Medical Daily
- The secret behind Ginkgo biloba's near-immortal lifespan— ZME Science
- Wie der Ginkgobaum alt wird, ohne zu altern — Spektrum (Denmark)
- Találtak egy élőlényt, amely képtelen az öregedésre - Azt is megvizsgálták, hogy miért — Femina (Hungary)
- Ginkgo: qual è il segreto della straordinaria longevità di questi alberi?— FocusTech (Italy)
- Ini Rahasia Pohon Ginkgo Dapat Bertahan Hidup Lebih dari 1.000 Tahun — DNA berita (Indonesia)
- Los árboles más longevos del mundo no envejecen y ahora se sabe por qué — RT (Russian Television - Spanish Version)
- Environnement : comment le Ginkgo biloba peut vivre plus de 1.000 ans ? — RTL (French Radio)
- Is the secret to a long life found in a tree? — WFAA ABC DFW