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Lifespan extension in Caenorhabditis elegans by complete removal of food.
Aging cell - 1 Dec 2006
Kaeberlein Tammi L, Smith Erica D, Tsuchiya Mitsuhiro, Welton K Linnea, Thomas James H, Fields Stanley, Kennedy Brian K, Kaeberlein Matt
Abstract excerpt
A partial reduction in food intake has been found to increase lifespan in many different organisms. We report here a new dietary restriction regimen in the nematode Caenorhabditis elegans, based on the standard agar plate lifespan assay, in which adult worms are maintained in the absence of a bacterial food source. These findings represent the first report in any organism of lifespan extension in response to...
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