James Brody
March 6th, 2009, 01:39 PM
"Researchers at The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio are studying mechanisms that enable the prolonged good health and slowed aging of naked mole rats in their large colony at the university's Barshop Institute for Longevity and Aging Studies. In the March 3 print edition of Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, the scientists report on another unusual feature of the animals — tissues of the naked mole rat are remarkably efficient at discarding damaged proteins and thereby maintaining stable, high-quality proteins."
More at http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/03/090305171903.htm
See also: Perez et al. Protein stability and resistance to oxidative stress are determinants of longevity in the longest-living rodent, the naked mole-rat. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 2009; 106 (9): 3059 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0809620106
More at http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/03/090305171903.htm
See also: Perez et al. Protein stability and resistance to oxidative stress are determinants of longevity in the longest-living rodent, the naked mole-rat. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 2009; 106 (9): 3059 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0809620106