David Sinclair· PhD
He'd found a mutation in yeast called SIR4-42, which extended yeast lifespan about 30%.
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He'd found a mutation in yeast called SIR4-42, which extended yeast lifespan about 30%.
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He came in and his first project in the lab was to put an extra copy of one of the SIR genes, number two, SIR2 into yeast and those yeast lived 30% longer