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Weak doses of radiation prolong life of female flies

24-Aug-2015

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Hormesis, where moderate stress has a stimulating effect on an organism and enables the prolongation of life, was first discovered in 1888. This study with weak doses of gamma radiation prolonged the life of fruit flies by 5%.

The study was published in the PLOS ONE journal.

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Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology (MIPT)

Russian university known informally as PhysTech.

PLOS ONE

This journal covers primary research from any discipline within science and medicine.

Svetlana Zhikrivetskaya

Junior Research Associate, PhD student in Laboratory of Genetics of Aging and Longevity at MIPT.

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