Science news from Harvard Stem Cell Institute

May brought a major advancement in the science of aging when two Harvard Stem Cell Institute researchers announced their discovery of a protein circulating in the blood of mice and humans that shows potential to be a treatment for age-related heart failure. The protein, called GDF-11, reduced the size and thickness of the heart walls when injected into old mice.

Fuente : http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2013-05/hu-…