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Height: | Fat hormone may add to longevity (ANI via Yahoo! India News) Quote: Fat hormone may add to longevity (ANI via Yahoo! India News)
Washington, Nov 22 (ANI): Using a mouse model, researchers at the University of North Carolina have reported that a fat hormone which causes changes in the metabolism may increase life span. Terry Combs and colleagues demonstrated that long-lived Snell dwarf mice burn less glucose and more fatty acids during periods of fasting, and as a result produce fewer free radicals. The key to this switch ... published Thu, 22 Nov 2007 10:27:14 GMT More... | Have a read of the article and post your comments here.
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