Longevity, aging, and caloric restriction : Clive Maine McCay and the construction of a multidisciplinary research program

• Main Author: Park, Hyung Wook
• Other Authors: School of Humanities and Social Sciences
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2013
• Subjects: DRNTU::Science::Biological sciences
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/96440; http://hdl.handle.net/10220/9941
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Since the 1930s scientists from fields such as biochemistry, pathology, immunology, genetics, neuroscience, and nutrition have studied the relation of dietary caloric intake to longevity and aging. This paper discusses how Clive Maine McCay, a professor of animal husbandry at Cornell University, beg...