Cell change 'keeps organs young'

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Cell change 'keeps organs young'

Postby Admin » Sun Aug 31, 2008 6:19 pm

Researchers may have found a way to halt the biological clock which slows down our bodies over the decades.

A US team thinks it may have found the genetic levers to help boost a system vital to cleaning up faulty proteins within our cells.

The journal Nature Medicine reported that the livers of genetically-altered older mice worked as well as those in younger animals

Story Link http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/7548874.stm
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Success finally

Postby Admin » Tue Sep 02, 2008 4:15 am

When the overall liver function of the very old genetically-modified mice was tested, they performed at a comparable level to much younger mice.
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