NIH: Lifespan increases 20% by single gene change - BioSpectrum Asia http://t.co/QN13PmoqVT via @sharethis
— Eberhard Dietze (@ArgosBiotech) September 2, 2013
"By lowering the expression of a single gene, researchers at the National Institutes of Health have extended the average lifespan of a group of mice by about 20 percent — the equivalent of raising the average human lifespan by 16 years, from 79 to 95. The research team targeted a gene called mTOR, which is involved in metabolism and energy balance, and may be connected with the increased lifespan associated with caloric restriction." (read more)
I hope that when my training session in genomics is over, I'll be able to make good use of this link:
http://www.wolframalpha.com/input/?i=mTOR+gene
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