In the early 1950s, experiments by two teams of researchers, Salvador Luria working with Mary Human and Joe Bertani working with Jean Weigle, showed that some strains of bacteria were more resistant ...

Scientists first observed the biological phenomenon of restriction and modification in the 1950s, but they did not identify and isolate restriction enzymes until the late 1960s. 3 In 1970, Hamilton ...

Calorie restriction, in which people give up food for a whole day or drastically slash their caloric intake for a spell, is an unpleasant-sounding eating pattern. Yet a growing body of science ...

Eating less--while maintaining adequate nutrition--is a recipe for longer life in many animals. Might it help humans as well? In 1935 scientists at Cornell University made an extraordinary discovery.

Calorie restriction—in which people give up food for a whole day or drastically slash their caloric intake for a spell—is an unpleasant-sounding eating pattern. Yet a growing body of science suggests ...

Investigators at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis have found that eating a low-calorie yet nutritionally balanced diet lowers concentrations of a thyroid hormone called ...

Caloric restriction is a dietary intervention that is considered to be a reduction in the total energy intake with the maintenance of proper nutrition. It is associated with several health effects, ...