Study in Worms Reveals Clue to Cancer and Aging Link in Humans

According to a study conducted from Buck Institute on nematode worm C. elegans, proteins which prevent cancer in humans by making sure that cells don’t divide if they have chromosomal damage have shown to determine lifespan.

These checkpoint proteins that are traditionally thought only to be functional in cells that divide have been found to be also active in cells that no longer divide.

This study which appears in the June 2 issue of the journal Science opens the possibility of a new to investigate the connection between aging and cancer, due to the fact that these proteins appear to have dual functions.

Read more at Science Daily.