http://ouroboros.wordpress.com/2008/09/08/how-premature-aging-resembles-...
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Short-lived and long-lived mutants exhibit a surprising degree of phenotypic overlap. A series of careful studies of hormone and mRNA levels in these mutants suggest that the common features shared by progeroid and long-lived mutants reflect the body's natural defenses against the aging process.