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The circadian clock gene period extends healthspan in aging Drosophila melanogaster.
Aging - 19 Nov 2009
Krishnan Natraj, Kretzschmar Doris, Rakshit Kuntol, Chow Eileen, Giebultowicz Jadwiga M
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There is increasing evidence that aging is affected by biological (circadian) clocks - the internal mechanisms that coordinate daily changes in gene expression, physiological functions and behavior with external day/night cycles. Recent data suggest that disruption of the mammalian circadian clock results in accelerated aging and increased age-related pathologies such as cancer; however, the links between loss of...
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