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LIVING to the ripe old age of 500 might be a possibility if what works for worms can apply to humans, a study has shown.
Experts tweaked two genetic pathways in the tiny lab worm Caenorhabditis elegans and boosted the creature's lifespan by a factor of five.
"What we have here is a synergistic five-fold increase in lifespan," said US lead scientist Dr Pankaj Kapahi, from the Buck Institute of Age Research.
"The two mutations set off a positive feedback loop in specific tissues that amplified lifespan. Basically these worms lived to the human equivalent of 400 to 500 years."
http://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/br...ves-old-age-clue/story-fni0xqll-1226782086975
Experts tweaked two genetic pathways in the tiny lab worm Caenorhabditis elegans and boosted the creature's lifespan by a factor of five.
"What we have here is a synergistic five-fold increase in lifespan," said US lead scientist Dr Pankaj Kapahi, from the Buck Institute of Age Research.
"The two mutations set off a positive feedback loop in specific tissues that amplified lifespan. Basically these worms lived to the human equivalent of 400 to 500 years."
http://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/br...ves-old-age-clue/story-fni0xqll-1226782086975