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April 2, 2010

Part 5 of the BBC series "Staying Young".  Click here to go to the beginning of the series.

Part 4 of the BBC series "Staying Young".  Click here to go to the beginning of the series.

Part 3 of the BBC series "Staying Young".  Click here to go to the beginning of the series.

Part 2 of the BBC series "Staying Young".  Click here to go to the beginning of the series.

The human life span may soon be doubled. Some scientists are honing in on a genetic switch to turn off ageing. Others have discovered a hormone which is already producing startling results in the over fifties.

Video accompanying the publication by Pankaj Kapahi's lab in Cell showing the importance of 4E-BP in modulating differential translation of specific mRNAs in response to dietary restriciton in flies.