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'Longevity' gene, diet linked
Email: David Secko - dmsecko@interchange.ubc.ca News from The Scientist 2004, 5(1):20040618-01
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Experiments on yeast, worms, and mammals have all revealed that cutting calories extends lifespan, but how is this occurs is largely unknown. Now, two independent studies, one reported in the June 18 Science, from David Sinclair's laboratory at Harvard Medical School, and the other reported in the June 3 Nature, from Leonard Guarente's laboratory at Massachusetts Institute of Technology, have uncovered molecular mechanisms linking aging, diet, and a gene called SIRT1.
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