From: Ramez Naam (mez@apexnano.com)
Date: Thu Nov 28 2002 - 13:16:03 MST
From: Eugen Leitl [mailto:eugen@leitl.org]
> http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/2521243.stm
>
> New research suggests that changes in less than 1% of our genes are
> responsible for the ageing process.
This agrees well with past studies in both humans and mice that have
shown substantial gene expression changes between young and old
individuals in only about 1% of genes.
See work by:
Richard Lerner and Peter Schultz (Science: February 8, 2000)
- only about 1% of genes profiled in human skin tissue changed their
expression as humans aged.
and:
Richard Weindruch and Tomas Prolla (Science: August 27, 1999)
- only about 1% of genese profiled in mouse skeletal tissue changed
their expression as mice aged
cheers,
mez
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