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Ageing studies in five animals suggest how to reverse decline

Smoothing the speed bumps in an important cellular pathway seems to be implicated in ageing.
  1. Gemma Conroy
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Ageing seems to affect cellular processes in the same way across five very different kinds of life — humans, fruit flies, rats, mice and worms — according to a study published in Nature on 12 April. The findings could help to explain what drives ageing and offer suggestions for how to reverse it.

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doi: https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-023-01040-x

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  1. Debès, C. et al. Nature https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-023-05922-y (2023).

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