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Animal Research Minute - Have researchers discovered the reason we age?

  Program 3857  (download mp3)
  Posted on Wed, Feb 23, 2011


Well, HealthDay reports, researchers have found an important pathway in the body that causes age-related problems like the failure of our organs, declining energy levels and certain metabolic disorders. By studying mice, researchers discovered this aging pathway involves a number of interconnected biological processes. Because people and mice have genetic similarities, researchers believe this pathway works much the same way in people as it does in mice. With more research, scientists could discover new ways to treat age-related diseases to improve quality of life as we age.
 

Read more: http://consumer.healthday.com/Article.asp?AID=649724

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