Calorie Restriction Lets Monkeys Live Long and Prosper
Tuesday, January 17, 2017 - 11:51
in Paleontology & Archaeology
Settling a persistent scientific controversy, a long-awaited report shows that restricting calories does indeed help rhesus monkeys live longer, healthier lives. A remarkable collaboration between two competing research teams -- one from the University of Wisconsin-Madison and one from the National Institute on Aging -- is the first time the groups worked together to resolve one of the most controversial stories in aging research.