They might even, if the mechanism can truly be understood, be able to reproduce, as well.In Dr Sinclair's view, the way caloric restriction prolongs life revolves around genes for proteins called sirtuins.
That is to eat less.From threadworms to mice, putting an animal on a diet that is near, but not quite at, starvation point prolongs life sometimes dramatically.
One is that the plan simply prolongs the subprime mess.
Indeed, it prolongs life by almost exactly the same amount of time as the head-and-neck treatment from 32 weeks for those in the control group, who were given a placebo, to 43 weeks for those receiving the drug.
But, he adds, selling spy planes today, amid continuing domestic repression, only prolongs the regime's survival.
The number of jobs held by 20- to 24-year-olds declined 4.5 percent in 2009, while the number of jobs held by people over the age of 25 dropped 1.8 percent.As Mr Glaeser notes, slow household growth puts off housing market recovery, which prolongs the period during which residential investment and construction aren't contributing very much to output.
A wider federal deficit offsets private retrenchment (see chart 9) but prolongs America's dependence on foreign savings.
It is this difficulty that prolongs this type of recession; it took Japan ten years to climb out of the policy mistake of premature fiscal consolidation in 1997.The drama in Washington and other capitals is almost the exact replay of that confused policy debate in Japan.
But even if a deal prolongs KCM's life for a few more years, copper's contribution to the economy seems bound to continue to decline.Sad conclusionsSeveral broad lessons can be drawn from this unhappy tale.
Indeed, money prolongs the war: rumours abound of arms sales by Russians, not least to rebels, and both sides profit from smuggling and kidnapping.Although the obliterated centre of Grozny bustles with traders in daylight, it is deserted at night.
Propping them up merely prolongs the crisis because the market can not distinguish between good and bad banks.
