{"id":118745,"date":"2021-01-21T12:22:18","date_gmt":"2021-01-21T20:22:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2021\/01\/exercise-protein-doubles-running-capacity-restores-function-and-extends-healthy-lifespans-in-older-mice"},"modified":"2021-01-21T12:22:18","modified_gmt":"2021-01-21T20:22:18","slug":"exercise-protein-doubles-running-capacity-restores-function-and-extends-healthy-lifespans-in-older-mice","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2021\/01\/exercise-protein-doubles-running-capacity-restores-function-and-extends-healthy-lifespans-in-older-mice","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Exercise protein\u2019 doubles running capacity, restores function and extends healthy lifespans in older mice"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<p><iframe style=\"display: block; margin: 0 auto; width: 100%; aspect-ratio: 4\/3; object-fit: contain;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/p3VoA-I4mP0?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope;\n   picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>A new study shows that humans express a powerful hormone during exercise and that treating mice with the hormone improves physical performance, capacity and fitness. Researchers say the findings present new possibilities for addressing age-related physical decline.<\/p>\n<p>The research, published on Wednesday in <i>Nature Communications<\/i>, reveals a detailed look at how the <a href=\"https:\/\/medicalxpress.com\/tags\/mitochondrial+genome\/\" rel=\"tag\" class=\"\">mitochondrial genome<\/a> encodes instructions for regulating physical capacity, performance and metabolism during aging and may be able to increase healthy lifespan.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMitochondria are known as the cell\u2019s energy source, but they are also hubs that coordinate and fine-tune metabolism by actively communicating to the rest of the body,\u201d said Changhan David Lee, assistant professor at the USC Leonard Davis School of Gerontology and corresponding author of the study. \u201cAs we age, that <a href=\"https:\/\/medicalxpress.com\/tags\/communication+network\/\" rel=\"tag\" class=\"\">communication network<\/a> seems to break down, but our study suggests you can restore that network or rejuvenate an older mouse so it is as fit as a younger one.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A new study shows that humans express a powerful hormone during exercise and that treating mice with the hormone improves physical performance, capacity and fitness. Researchers say the findings present new possibilities for addressing age-related physical decline. The research, published on Wednesday in Nature Communications, reveals a detailed look at how the mitochondrial genome encodes [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":426,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11,269],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-118745","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-biotech-medical","category-life-extension"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/118745","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/426"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=118745"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/118745\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=118745"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=118745"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=118745"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}