Biologists Slow the Aging Process in Fruit Flies
source: http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/11/111109093945.htm
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UCLA life scientists have identified a gene that slows the aging process. The biologists, working with fruit flies, activated a gene called PGC-1, which increases the activity of mitochondria, the tiny power generators in cells that control cell growth and tell cells when to live and die.
link:http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/11/111109093945.htm
link:http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/11/111109093945.htm
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