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Resveratrol in Mice

Posted on June 06, 2008

Since it s a favorite topic of mine, I really have to point out this study in PLoS ONE on resveratrol. A large collaboration looked at the gene transcription effects of dosing the compound in mice, compared to a normal diet and to a calorie-restricted one. I can t do better than the first paragraph of the paper does at setting the scene: Caloric restriction (CR) retards several aspects of the aging process in mammals, including age-related mortality, tumorigenesis, physiological decline and the establishment of age-related transcriptional profiles. The wide scope of these actions, and t...

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anti aging , caloric , caloric intake , cancer , diet , insulin , resveratrol