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New article online @AgingCell Smurfness-based two-phase model of ageing helps deconvolve the ageing transcriptional signature

the Smurf phenotype is naturally occuring increased intestinal permeability to small molecules. We identify Smurf individuals in vivo thanks to a non-toxic blue food dye that diffuses throughout the body a few days prior to flies death from natural causes (hence the name)