Dietary restriction is known to extend lifespan in many species. It has now been shown to reduce DNA damage and extend lifespan in mice modelling human DNA-repair disorders. See Letter p.427
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Oshima, J., Martin, G. Dietary protection for genes. Nature 537, 316–317 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1038/nature19427
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