Aric Rogers, Mount Desert Island Biological Laboratory (IMAGE)

MDI Biological Laboratory

Aric Rogers, Mount Desert Island Biological Laboratory

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Scientists have known for decades that drastically restricting certain nutrients without causing malnutrition prolongs health and lifespan in a wide range of species, but the molecular mechanisms underlying this effect have remained a mystery. In a paper recently published in the journal Aging Cell, MDI Biological Laboratory scientist Aric Rogers, Ph.D., sheds light on an important genetic pathway underlying this process, raising the possibility that therapies can be developed to prolong healthy human lifespan.

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