New protein involved in longevity

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(PHILADELPHIA) Researchers in the Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology at Thomas Jefferson University have found that the level of a single protein in the tiny roundworm C. elegans determines how long it lives. Worms born without this protein, called arrestin, lived about one-third longer than normal, while worms that had triple the amount of arrestin lived one-third less.

http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/ ... 050710.php

Moderator Note: This article is the second time I have posted this discovery but these things cycle around in the news so here it is again.