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Aging
Research results from University of California update understanding of aging
April 6th, 2008
According to a study from the United States, "Observations from nematodes to mammals indicate that insulin/insulin- like growth factor signaling (IIS) regulates lifespan. As in other organisms, IIS is conserved in mosquitoes and signaling occurs in multiple tissues." "During bloodfeeding, mosquitoes ingest human insulin. This simple observation suggested that exogenous insulin could mimic the endogenous hormonal control of aging in mosquitoes, providing a new model to examine this phenomenon at the organismal and cellular levels. To this end, female Anopheles stephensi mosquitoes were maintained on diets containing human insulin provided daily in sucrose or three times...
Source: Pharma Investments, Ventures & Law Weekly (2008-04-06)
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