Could a hormone point the way to life extension?
Mice that have been genetically modified to produce high levels of fibroblast growth factor-21 live longer than mice with normal levels of this hormone.
is at the  University of California ,  San Francisco ,  United States cynthia.kenyon@ucsf.edu.
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D000818:Animals; D005260:Female; D005346:Fibroblast Growth Factors / Q000235:genetics*; D013006:Growth Hormone / Q000235:genetics*; D007334:Insulin-Like Growth Factor I / Q000235:genetics*; D008099:Liver / Q000378:metabolism*; D008136:Longevity / Q000235:genetics*; D008297:Male; D019076:Transgenes
C414620:fibroblast growth factor 21; C519530:insulin-like growth factor-1, mouse; D005346:Fibroblast Growth Factors; D007334:Insulin-Like Growth Factor I; D013006:Growth Hormone