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Ageing can be delayed through lifestyle changes such as physical exercise, restricting calorie intake.
In a mouse model, scientists showed that GDF11 molecule could mimic the benefits of certain calorie restrictions.
Injected it into aged mouse models, observed a rise in neurogenesis and blood vessel remodelling.
Also they had lost weight without changing their appetite.
Potential to use GDF11 in certain metabolic diseases and neurodegenerative diseases in the future.
Research by Institut Pasteur, published in the journal Aging Cell.
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