Biologists boosted the gene PGC-1 in fruit flies and discovered that it extended the lives of the flies. The boosted PGC-1 increased the activity of mitochondria in the flies cells and when the PGC-1 in the digestive tract was triggered, it extended their lives by 50%.
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