{"id":22437,"date":"2016-02-20T15:48:42","date_gmt":"2016-02-20T23:48:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2016\/02\/how-genetics-regulate-ageing"},"modified":"2017-06-04T20:09:51","modified_gmt":"2017-06-05T03:09:51","slug":"how-genetics-regulate-ageing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2016\/02\/how-genetics-regulate-ageing","title":{"rendered":"How genetics regulate ageing"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"blog-photo\" href=\"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog.images\/how-genetics-regulate-ageing.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cFinding that GDF11 levels are under genetic control is of significant interest. Since it is under genetic control, we can find the genes responsible for GDF11 levels and its changes with age,\u201d said the study\u2019s senior author Rob Pazdro, assistant professor at University of Georgia in the US.<\/p>\n<hr>\n<p>Scientists have shown that a hormone instrumental in the ageing process is under genetic control, introducing a new mechanism by which genetics regulate ageing and disease.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/life-style\/health-fitness\/health-news\/How-genetics-regulate-ageing\/articleshow\/51067571.cms\" target=\"_blank\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cFinding that GDF11 levels are under genetic control is of significant interest. Since it is under genetic control, we can find the genes responsible for GDF11 levels and its changes with age,\u201d said the study\u2019s senior author Rob Pazdro, assistant professor at University of Georgia in the US. Scientists have shown that a hormone instrumental [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":384,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11,412,269],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-22437","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-biotech-medical","category-genetics","category-life-extension"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22437","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\/384"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=22437"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22437\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":68334,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22437\/revisions\/68334"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22437"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=22437"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=22437"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}