Dietary restriction by bacterial deprivation increases life span in wild-derived nematodes

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Age- and calorie-independent life span extension from dietary restriction by bacterial deprivation inCaenorhabditis elegans

✍ Erica D Smith; Tammi L Kaeberlein; Brynn T Lydum; Jennifer Sager; Linnea K Welto 📂 Article 📅 2008 🏛 BioMed Central 🌐 English ⚖ 499 KB

## Background Dietary restriction (DR) increases life span and delays age-associated disease in many organisms. The mechanism by which DR enhances longevity is not well understood. ## Results Using bacterial food deprivation as a means of DR in __C. elegans__, we show that transient DR confers lo