The discovery of genes that positively or negatively affect how long an organism lives has been a tremendous advance in the science of aging. While numerous genes have been isolated that affect the longevity of organisms like worms and flies, to date, there have been relatively few genes that definitively regulate mammalian lifespan. For those...
Senior and New Scholars Awards for National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, National Institutes of Health
Dr. Toren Finkel
National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, National Institutes of Health
2006 senior Scholar Award in aging
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