Understanding how we grow old is a long-sought goal. A new large-scale study of gene expression in worms allows us to glimpse the complex biochemistry of lifespan.
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Gems, D., McElwee, J. Microarraying mortality. Nature 424, 259–261 (2003). https://doi.org/10.1038/424259a
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