Glucose to glycerol conversion in long-lived yeast provides anti-ageing effects

Cell biologists have found a more filling substitute for caloric restriction in extending the life span of simple organisms. In a study published 8 May in the open-access journal PLoS Genetics, researchers from the University of Southern California Andrus Gerontology Centre show that yeast cells maintained on a glycerol diet live twice as long as normal - as long as yeast cells on a severe caloric-restriction diet. They are also more resistant to cell damage...

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