British scientists have discovered that ‘turning off’ a protein called IL-11 can significantly increase the healthy lifespan of mice by almost 25%. The scientists, at the Medical Research Council Laboratory of Medical Science (MRC LMS), Imperial College London and Duke-NUS Medical School in Singapore, tested the effects of IL-11 by creating mice that had the … Continue reading UK scientists discover ‘turning off’ a protein significantly increases lifespan of mice by almost 25%