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The Secret To Longevity May Be Hidden In Hydrogen Sulfide

by (author unknown), Seniors / Aging News From Medical News Today on Dec 04, 2007

Hydrogen sulfide, or H2S, the chemical that gives rotten eggs their sulfurous stench -- and the same compound that researchers at Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center successfully have used to put mice into a state of reversible metabolic hibernation -- has now been shown to significantly increase life span and heat tolerance in the nematode worm, or C. elegans.These findings by Mark Roth, Ph.D., a member of the Center's Basic Sciences Division, and Dana Miller, Ph.D. [click link for full article]


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