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Andrzej Bartke, professor and SIUC distinguished scholar of internal medicine and physiology at the School of Medicine in Springfield, has been awarded a five-year federal grant from the National Institute on Aging for the study of genetic and nutritional control of aging.  Total budget for the grant is $1,592,850.

The study will evaluate the responses of normal mice and long-lived mutant mice with the same regimen of calorie restriction.  The study is attempting to reduce the release of insulin and improve sensitivity to the actions of insulin in the mice, thus helping them live longer.  Because there is increasing evidence that caloric restriction is also beneficial to humans, this research could lead to the development of new therapies to protect against the effects of aging.

The study involves continued collaboration with the University of Michigan and Ohio University.