American scientists from the University of Georgia have found that genes influence the propensity to aging and the development of chronic diseases, according to Pannochka, an Internet publication for girls and women from 14 to 35 years old.. net They conducted a study on mice, which provided an explanation for the fact that in one family people live to a ripe old age, and in the second they can die before they even live 60 years..

As it turned out, the aging process is associated with the hormone GDF11. During an experiment that was conducted back in 2014, the researchers injected a group of experimental mice with an additional dose of the hormone GDF11. It turned out that animals after this improve the state of the brain, muscles and cardiovascular system..

Scientists have found that the amount of GDF11 in the human body depends on its genotype.. Therefore, by determining the genotype of a person even before his birth, it is possible to establish the approximate life expectancy, said staff at the College of Family Studies at UGA..

The researchers plan to determine what causes the decrease in the amount of the hormone GDF11 in young people. According to scientists, the most dramatic decrease in this hormone occurs in middle age..

If it is possible to obtain detailed information about the hormone GDF11, then in the future, according to the researchers, it will be possible to fight the aging of the body..

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