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RNA splicing could help us prevent aging

Researchers wanted to find out the impact of RNA splicing on the ageing process

06-Dec-2016

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Research group uncovered a relationship between lifespan and RNA splicing.

Using fluorescent genetic tools, the team was able to observe the RNA splicing of in the roundworms.

Someday splicing can be used as a kind of biomarker of ageing.

Study was published in Nature.

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Caroline Heintz

Postdoctoral Research Fellow at Harvard University.

Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health

Education of new generations of global health leaders.

Nature

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Stanford University School of Medicine

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