Lifespan
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Inhibiting the mouse’s insulin or IGF-1 receptor (daf-2) genes, or other genes needed for insulin or IGF-1 action, can extend mouse
lifespan
, sometimes dramatically.
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For most of the types of clothes we have in our closet the average
lifespan
is about three years.
So if there are genes like that, then you can imagine that, if you could change one of the genes in an experiment, an aging gene, maybe you could slow down aging and extend
lifespan.
And we were very lucky to find that mutations that damage one single gene called daf-2 doubled the
lifespan
of the little worm.
And many of these different genes, we've shown, actually contribute to the long
lifespan
of the daf-2 mutant.
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