Sirtuins help fight off disorders linked to obesity, new MIT study shows.
CAMBRDIGE, Mass.–(ENEWSPF)–August 7, 2012. A protein that slows aging in mice and other animals also protects against the ravages of a high-fat diet, including diabetes, according to a new MIT study.
MIT biology professor Leonard Guarente ’74 discovered SIRT1’s longevity-boosting properties more than a decade ago and has since explored its role in many different body tissues. In his latest study, appearing in…
