X-Message-Number: 8423 Date: Sat, 26 Jul 1997 22:01:13 -0700 (PDT) From: Doug Skrecky <> Subject: "immortal" nematodes Alterations in the daf-2 & clk-1 genes of c elegans nematodes increases their life span from 8.5 to 49.1 days - an increase that if duplicated in humans would increase average life expectancy from 75 years to 433 years, and which would effectively mean immortality for humans so fortunate to be endowed. Reference: Science 272: 1010-1013 May 17,1996 Rate This Message: http://www.cryonet.org/cgi-bin/rate.cgi?msg=8423