Brown researchers show how gut hormones control aging in flies and how it relates to human biology
October 16, 2024
October 16, 2024
PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island, Oct. 16 -- Brown University issued the following news:
PROVIDENCE, R.I. [Brown University] Biologists at Brown University have discovered how a neuropeptide hormone made in the gut of flies can control their lifespan.The findings, published in PNAS, have implications for humans, too, the researchers say especially as new diabetes and obesity medications based on gut hormones in the same family of the fly hormone are becoming more widespread.For the past two . . .
PROVIDENCE, R.I. [Brown University] Biologists at Brown University have discovered how a neuropeptide hormone made in the gut of flies can control their lifespan.The findings, published in PNAS, have implications for humans, too, the researchers say especially as new diabetes and obesity medications based on gut hormones in the same family of the fly hormone are becoming more widespread.For the past two . . .