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Do yeast cells hold the secret of Eternal Youth?

Sirtuin proteins seem to affect ageing in widely different organisms

The involvement of sirtuin proteins in the genetic process behind ageing in organisms as different as yeast and mice appears to be the same.
The strange marine cyanobacterium that fixes nitrogen from the air that can be used by organisms in the water – but does it live inside another organism or is it a scavenger? The most unlikely source of energy – the secret power of sticky tape. Researchers investigate how the flow of water in the brain may affect our personality.

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26 minutes

´óÏó´«Ã½ World Service Archive

This programme was restored as part of the World Service archive project

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