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The genetics of ageing
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The nematode Caenorhabditis elegans ages and dies in a few weeks, but humans can live for 100 years or more, which means that over evolutionary time mutations have increased lifespan more than 2,000-fold.Abstract:
The nematode Caenorhabditis elegans ages and dies in a few weeks, but humans can live for 100 years or more. Assuming that the ancestor we share with nematodes aged rapidly, this means that over evolutionary time mutations have increased lifespan more than 2,000-fold. Which genes can extend lifespan? Can we augment their activities and live even longer? After centuries of wistful poetry and wild imagination, we are now getting answers, often unexpected ones, to these fundamental questions.read more
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Rapamycin fed late in life extends lifespan in genetically heterogeneous mice
David E. Harrison,Randy Strong,Zelton D Sharp,James F. Nelson,Clinton M. Astle,Kevin Flurkey,Nancy L. Nadon,J. Erby Wilkinson,Krystyna Frenkel,Christy S. Carter,Christy S. Carter,Marco Pahor,Marco Pahor,Martin A. Javors,Elizabeth Fernandez,Richard A. Miller +15 more
TL;DR: It is reported that rapamycin, an inhibitor of the mTOR pathway, extends median and maximal lifespan of both male and female mice when fed beginning at 600 days of age.
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A C. elegans mutant that lives twice as long as wild type
TL;DR: Finding that mutations in the gene daf-2 can cause fertile, active, adult Caenorhabditis elegans hermaphrodites to live more than twice as long as wild type raises the possibility that the longevity of the dauer is not simply a consequence of its arrested growth, but instead results from a regulated lifespan extension mechanism that can be uncoupled from other aspects of dauer formation.
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Caloric Restriction Delays Disease Onset and Mortality in Rhesus Monkeys
Ricki J. Colman,Rozalyn M. Anderson,Sterling C. Johnson,Erik K. Kastman,Kristopher J. Kosmatka,T. Mark Beasley,David B. Allison,Christina Cruzen,Heather A. Simmons,Joseph W. Kemnitz,Richard Weindruch +10 more
TL;DR: Findings of a 20-year longitudinal adult-onset CR study in rhesus monkeys aimed at filling this critical gap in aging research demonstrate that CR slows aging in a primate species.
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Absence of S6K1 protects against age- and diet-induced obesity while enhancing insulin sensitivity
Sung Hee Um,Francesca Frigerio,Mitsuhiro Watanabe,Frédéric Picard,Manel Joaquin,Melanie Sticker,Stefano Fumagalli,Peter R. Allegrini,Sara C. Kozma,Sara C. Kozma,Johan Auwerx,George Thomas +11 more
TL;DR: It is reported that S6K1-deficient mice are protected against obesity owing to enhanced β-oxidation, however on a high fat diet, levels of glucose and free fatty acids still rise in S6k1- deficient mice, resulting in insulin receptor desensitization.
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Absence of S6K1 protects against age- and diet-induced obesity while enhancing insulin sensitivity. [Erratum: 2004 Sept. 23, v. 431, no. 7007, p. 485.]
Sung Hee Um,Francesca Frigerio,Mitsuhiro Watanabe,Frédéric Picard,Manel Joaquin,Melanie Sticker,Stefano Fumagalli,Peter R. Allegrini,Sara C. Kozma,Johan Auwerx +9 more
TL;DR: In this article, S6K1-deficient mice are protected against obesity owing to enhanced β-oxidation, but on a high fat diet, levels of glucose and free fatty acids still rise in S6k1-dependent mice, resulting in insulin receptor desensitization.