Physiology: Cost-free longevity in mice?

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Studies of worms have revealed hundreds of proteins that, when mutated, extend lifespan. Can this work tell us anything about mammalian ageing? A look at the effects of one such protein on lab mice suggests that it can.

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Lithgow, G. J., & Gill, M. S. (2003, January 9). Physiology: Cost-free longevity in mice? Nature. https://doi.org/10.1038/421125a

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