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Living longer, staying healthy

Nature Methods volume 9, page 784 (2012)Cite this article

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Lifespan in nematodes is markedly extended when an unusual combination of aging components is engineered into their genome.

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  1. Sagi, D. & Kim, S.K. An engineering approach to extending lifespan in C. elegans. PLoS Genet. 8, e1002780 (2012).

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  1. Vivien Marx
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Marx, V. Living longer, staying healthy. Nat Methods 9, 784 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1038/nmeth.2121

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