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Fast track to longevity
Email: Graciela Flores - graciela_flores@nasw.org News from The Scientist 2005, 6(1):20050307-01
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Researchers have moved a step forward in understanding how calorie restriction is linked to lifespan extension in mammals. In this week's issue of Nature, a group from the United States reports that SIRT1—the mammalian version of a protein linked to longevity in simpler organisms—controls glucose metabolism in mice in response to fasting.
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