Source: HealthDay News
Date: March 20, 2008
Summary:
HealthDay News reports new findings into the function of insulin in the aging process:
"Scientists have gained new insight into the workings of insulin, potentially laying the groundwork for an anti-aging treatment. The research has only taken place in worms, a common model for this type of research, and it's too early to know if it will translate to humans. But worms whose insulin levels were adjusted lived a week longer than their typical two-week lifespan, the scientists said. ... the findings -- which explore a genetic pathway in the worms -- provide new information about how insulin and lifespan might be related."
