10 de julho de 2012

Researchers find space travel prolongs the life of worms

Researchers find space travel prolongs the life of worms:
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Spacefaring worms undergo genetic changes associated with longer lives in their Earth-bound cousins, research has shown.
A number of Caenorhabditis elegans worms were carried aboard a mission to the International Space Station (ISS) and brought back for study.
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