May 12, 2013

New Harvard study, published in the May 9th Cell Journal, reveals that Growth Differentiation Factor 11 (GDF11) Protein is a Circulating Factor that can Reverse Age-Related Cardiac Hypertrophy in mice

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A study published by Cell Press May 9th (volume 153, issue4) in the journal Cell reveals that a blood hormone known as growth differentiation factor 11 (GDF11) declines with age, and old mice injected with this hormone experience a reversal in signs of cardiac aging.To view the press release from this ground breaking study please click on the following link: http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2013-05/cp-rhf050313.php.

You can purchase a copy of this study by clicking on the following link: Science Direct – CELL Volume 153, Issue 4.

Harvard finds protein that reverses aging in the heart and target human clinical trials in 2018 (nextbigfuture.com)
Heart Failure Symptoms can be Reversed With a Rejuvenating Blood Hormone (medindia.net)
Parabiosis Points to GDF-11 as a Means to Reverse Age-Related Cardiac Hypertrophy (fightaging.org)
Protein Rejuvenates Hearts In Mice (medicalnewstoday.com)

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