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Caloric restriction improves health and survival of rhesus monkeys

Authors :
Julie A. Mattison
Ricki J. Colman
T. Mark Beasley
David B. Allison
Joseph W. Kemnitz
George S. Roth
Donald K. Ingram
Richard Weindruch
Rafael de Cabo
Rozalyn M. Anderson
Source :
Nature Communications, Vol 8, Iss 1, Pp 1-12 (2017)
Publication Year :
2017
Publisher :
Nature Portfolio, 2017.

Abstract

Caloric restriction (CR) delays ageing of model organisms, but whether it works in nonhuman primates has been controversial. Here, the authors pool and reanalyse data from two long-running CR primate studies, concluding that moderate CR indeed improves health and survival of rhesus monkeys.

Subjects

Subjects :
Science

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
20411723
Volume :
8
Issue :
1
Database :
Directory of Open Access Journals
Journal :
Nature Communications
Publication Type :
Academic Journal
Accession number :
edsdoj.3a76c66b68f7460284eef313ff046d21
Document Type :
article
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms14063