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Nature Genetics 39, 1306 - 1307 (2007)
doi:10.1038/ng1107-1306

Aging and cancer: killing two birds with one worm

Anne Brunet1

  1. Anne Brunet is in the Department of Genetics, Stanford University, Stanford, California 94305, USA.
    e-mail: anne.brunet@stanford.edu

Two new studies explore the genetic mechanisms connecting aging and tumor growth in Caenorhabditis elegans. This work should provide a basis to consider ways to prevent and treat age-dependent cancers.

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