Longevity Is a Side Effect — Experts
Apparently, humanin makes it look that way.
Health and Longevity reside in the mainstream of research worldwide. The secrets to a longer life and a healthy body is anticipated and researched with miraculous hope. Every discovery has drawn a newer baseline. Researchers from the University of Southern California (USC) came up with yet another secret to better health and longer life in their recent research.
What was the research about and how promising were the results? The research article published in the journal Aging, 2020 has something to reveal.
What is Humanin (HN)?
A short mitochondrial peptide was discovered over a decade ago. Since the discovery, its association with biological functions like apoptosis, cell survival, substrate metabolism, inflammatory response, and response to other stressors have been established. HN and its potential analogs have shown promises for different age-related disorders like Alzheimer’s, diabetes, and stroke.
Humanin is encoded by a short sequence present in the 16s Ribosomal RNA coding region of the mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA).
Earlier researches have demonstrated higher levels of the peptide to enhance insulin activity and prolong the survival of pancreatic beta cells leading…
