Primary Recipient

BUCK INSTITUTE FOR RESEARCH ON AGING

Amount

$970,000.00

Award Date

7/21/2009

Administering Agency

Health and Human Services, Department of / National Institutes of Health

CDFA Number

93.701

CDFA Program Title

Trans-NIH Recovery Act Research Support

Description

Dietary restriction (DR) is the most robust environmental intervention to date that results in lifespan extension in species as diverse as yeast, worms, fruit flies and rodents (Masoro, 2002). DR also slows the progression of many age-related diseases inc