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Published online 21 November 2007 | Nature | doi:10.1038/news.2007.276
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Worms live longer on antidepressant
Drug boosts the lifespan by mimicking starvation.
Cutting back on calories is a sure way to extend the lifespan of any organism, from yeast to mice. Now it seems that an antidepressant can trick worms' brains into thinking they're on a diet, pushing their fleeting lifespan of three weeks to more than four.
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This article fails to mention that one of the primary researchers is the 2004 Nobel Prize winner in Physiology. (Slight oversight.) Linda Buck, who has shown remarkable discovery skills in the field of odor perception, is now researching a new area of Neurobiology; The Neurobiology of Aging. Here is a very successful researcher in a new area-Science watchers-watch this!
This article fails to mention that one of the primary researchers is the 2004 Nobel Prize winner in Physiology. (Slight oversight.) Linda Buck, who has shown remarkable discovery skills in the field of odor perception, is now researching a new area of Neurobiology; The Neurobiology of Aging. Here is a very successful researcher in a new area-Science watchers-watch this!