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Chinese Center Sues Over Study Coverage

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The China Research Center on Aging has halted a study on human longevity due to complaints over the subjects not being properly informed about the results of the study. The center has gone forward with a libel lawsuit against two newspapers and a magazine for the unfair coverage of this study.

Author: ZHANG, DAN, XIONG LEI
Publisher: American Association for the Advancement of Science
Publication Name: Science
Subject: Science and technology
ISSN: 0036-8075
Year: 1999
China, Cases, Libel and slander

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Compositional interpretations of medfly mortality

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Mortality among Mediterranean fruit flies appears to decline with age after they become 60 days old. This finding seems to contradict conventional theories of aging. However, it is possible that the finding may be an artifact of the changing population structure.

Author: Vaupel, James W., Carey, James R.
Publisher: American Association for the Advancement of Science
Publication Name: Science
Subject: Science and technology
ISSN: 0036-8075
Year: 1993
Mediterranean fruit-fly, Mediterranean fruit fly

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Explaining fruit fly longevity

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Authors of two recent studies claim that their data indicates that the mortality rate among fruit flies actually declines with age, but the authors' interpretation of their data may have been flawed. The data is examined from various points of view.

Author: Kirkwood, Thomas B.L., Kowald, Axel, Robine, J.M., Ritchie, K., Carey, J.R., Curtsinger, J.W., Vaupel, J.W.
Publisher: American Association for the Advancement of Science
Publication Name: Science
Subject: Science and technology
ISSN: 0036-8075
Year: 1993
Fruit-flies

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Subjects list: Research, Longevity, Patient outcomes, Mortality
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