From: Rafal Smigrodzki (rms2g@virginia.edu)
Date: Thu Jul 18 2002 - 13:49:04 MDT
Anders Sandberg wrote:
They show that yeast undergoing CR respires *more* (a factor of
three) than yeast without CR. So the free radical model of ageing
gets into trouble.
### Actually, the production of free radicals is not directly a function of
respiratory output but rather the amount of electron leakage from the
respiratory chain. There is much too little data to apply the findings from
yeast to humans. The free radical model of ageing is alive and kicking.
Rafal
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