Experts said their findings in mice could be 'highly relevant to human health'. (Image: Getty) Scientists could be one step closer to discovering the Fountain of Youth after a drug extended the healthy lifespan of mice by a quarter. Ageing rodents were injected with a drug that blocked the effects of a protein called interleukin 11 (IL-11) in the body.
The treatment reduced deaths from cancer and diseases caused by fibrosis, chronic inflammation and poor metabolism - all hallmarks of ageing. Mice that received a dose lived for an average of 155 weeks, compared with 120 weeks in untreated animals. function loadOvpScript(){let el=document.
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