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The first long-lived mutants: discovery of the insulin/IGF-1 pathway for ageing

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ROYAL SOC
DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2010.0276

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daf-2; daf-16; FOXO; history; insulin; IFG-1

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Inhibiting insulin/IGF-1 signalling extends lifespan and delays age-related disease in species throughout the animal kingdom. This life-extension pathway, the first to be defined, was discovered through genetic studies in the small roundworm Caenorhabditis elegans. This discovery is described here.

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