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Accurate Protein Production Promotes Longevity
Accurate Protein Production Promotes Longevity
Worms, flies, and yeast live longer if the fidelity of their protein-making machinery is improved, a study shows.
Worms, flies, and yeast live longer if the fidelity of their protein-making machinery is improved, a study shows.
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Jef Akst | Feb 13, 2014 | 1 min read
Scientists engineer fluorescing nematodes to project the worms’ expected lifespans through flashes of light at just three days old.
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More than simply helping haul out a cell’s garbage, ubiquitin, with its panoply of chain lengths and shapes, marks and regulates many unrelated cellular processes.
A New Model of Yeast Aging
Hannah Waters | Nov 23, 2011 | 4 min read
New findings challenge long-held views about the mechanism yeast cells use to live forever.