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Eating old food shortens lifespan in animals

17-Feb-2017

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Organisms able to acquire cellular damage from their food.

Older food organisms have more molecular damage themselves.

Female mice fed meat from old deer had 13% reduction in lifespan compared to being fed young meat.

Effect also seen in yeast and flies.

The study was published in the Science Advances journal.

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João Pedro de Magalhães

Professor of Molecular Biogerontology at University of Birmingham Institute of Inflammation and Ageing, consultant, futurist, speaker

Science Advances

Journal that publishes original research and reviews in all disciplines of science

Vadim Gladyshev

Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School

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