Age- and calorie-independent life span e
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Erica D Smith; Tammi L Kaeberlein; Brynn T Lydum; Jennifer Sager; Linnea K Welto
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Article
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2008
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BioMed Central
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English
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## 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