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Germ-free life

Exposure

1 paper2 findings

MeSH

C, W, M, H: cells, worms or flies, mice, humans. Dark: independent labs found the same change there. Light: one lab or one study. Outline: nothing yet.

Against: findings that point the other way from most findings on the same outcome.

  • 1 lab in 1 country
  • 1 finding against
  • Animals1

Outcomes

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Lifespan

no changein rats1upin rats1

1 study

  1. Germ-free life has no effect on lifespan in rats.

    “GF life was without additional effect on life span when food intake was restricted”

    Animalsunder dietary restriction

    Life span, morphology, and pathology of diet-restricted germ-free and conventional Lobund-Wistar rats

    Journal of gerontology1 Mar 1990

  2. Germ-free life extends lifespan in rats (33.6 vs 31.0 months).

    “The median length of life of ad libitum CV and GF rats was 31.0 and 33.6 months respectively”

    Animalsunder ad libitum feeding

    Life span, morphology, and pathology of diet-restricted germ-free and conventional Lobund-Wistar rats

    Journal of gerontology1 Mar 1990

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