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NEW ENGLAND JOURNAL OF MEDICINE
Volume 364, Issue 23, Pages 2235-2244Publisher
MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SOC
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMra1100831
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Populations in developed countries continue to grow older, as medical advances allow baby boomers to march inexorably onward. Many of the most important diseases that lead to disability and death occur late in life, indicating that aging itself is a key risk factor. Recent research into the science of aging has identified genes and pathways that appear to control the aging process. This review describes one such family of antiaging genes, the sirtuins, and details progress in understanding the biology that undergirds their promise as therapeutic targets.
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