Re: AGING: I'm not dead yet...

From: Dehede011@aol.com
Date: Fri Dec 15 2000 - 19:46:09 MST


In a message dated 12/15/00 6:31:25 PM Pacific Standard Time,
bradbury@aeiveos.com writes:<< Aging is genetically determined and
nvironmentally modulated. In a study of longevity in the adult fruit fly,
Drosophila melanogaster, we found that five independent P-element
insertional mutations in a single gene resulted in a near doubling of the
average adult life-span without a decline in fertility or physical activity.
>>

Was there any hint as to how the dose was administered?
Ron h.



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