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Category: National Institute of Immunology (NII)

Posted on August 17, 2019

NII unravels how diet restriction delays ageing, increases lifespan

A NII-led team has unravelled how C. elegans exposed to early-life, moderate stress in the form of dietary restriction are able to better handle chronic stress that comes with ageing…

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Posted on September 15, 2018

Podcast: Increasing the longevity of C. elegans

Arnab Mukhopadhyay explains how the longevity of C. elegans was increased 40-60% by using a gene-diet pairing in a mutant. The lifespan increased even when there was no restriction on the quantity of…

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Posted on September 15, 2018September 15, 2018

Mutant worms live 60% longer on specific diet

The longevity of C. elegans increased 40-60% when NII researchers used a mutant that lacked the function of a particular gene and fed the worm a specific bacterial diet — E.…

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