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  Researchers at Harvard Stem Cell Institute find protein that reverses some effects of aging in mice

  http://news.harvard.edu/gazette/…

  When the protein, called GDF-11, was injected into old mice, which develop thickened heart walls in a manner similar to aging humans, the hearts were reduced in size and thickness, resembling the healthy hearts of younger mice.

  Even more important than the implications for the treatment of diastolic heart failure, the finding by Richard T. Lee, a Harvard Medical School professor at the hospital, and Amy Wagers, a professor in Harvard’s Department of Stem Cell and Regenerative Biology, ultimately may rewrite our understanding of aging.

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  • Come to think of it, all the mice I ever see look really young! No wrinkles. No age spots. No sagging breasts or bellies!boobs

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