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SCIENCE
Volume 289, Issue 5484, Pages 1567-1569Publisher
AMER ASSOC ADVANCEMENT SCIENCE
DOI: 10.1126/science.289.5484.1567
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- NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF NEUROLOGICAL DISORDERS AND STROKE [R01NS021328] Funding Source: NIH RePORTER
- NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON AGING [R01AG013154] Funding Source: NIH RePORTER
- NIA NIH HHS [AG-13154] Funding Source: Medline
- NINDS NIH HHS [NS21328] Funding Source: Medline
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We tested the theory that reactive oxygen species cause aging. We augmented the natural antioxidant systems of Caenorhabditis elegans with small synthetic superoxide dismutase/catalase mimetics. Treatment of wild-type worms increased their mean Life-span by a mean of 44 percent, and treatment of prematurely aging worms resulted in normalization of their life-span (a 67 percent increase). It appears that oxidative stress is a major determinant of Life-span and that it can be counteracted by pharmacological intervention.
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