Switching Off Inflammatory Protein Leads to Longer Life (by 25%) and Youthful Appearance in Mice

 

Scientists have discovered that ‘switching off’ a protein called IL-11 can significantly increase the healthy lifespan of mice by almost 25%. The UK researchers at Medical Research Council Laboratory and Imperial College London, worked with colleagues at Duke-NUS Medical School in Singapore to test the effects on mice that had the interleukin 11 gene deleted, […]

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