In other studies high levels of the same gene lengthened the lives of worms and fruit flies, a hint that sir2 might be part of an ancient survivalprogram common to many species.
Friday Night Lights Executive Producer Jason Katims took a minute at Tuesday's Television Critics Association press conference to thank the people he felt were most responsible for his program's survival.
New transplant programs, eager to qualify for Medicare reimbursement, work hard to bolster their transplant survival statistics, because Medicare looks for proof of success before counting a program as being eligible for reimbursement.
This settlement, where fruit gathering is the only form of production permitted, is part of a program of agrarian reform designated for poor families who depend on the land for survival.