Elevian is one of several companies searching for ways to increase life span — in this case, using a protein called GDF11. But challenges lie ahead. By Eilene Zimmerman This article is part of ...

The work even identified a specific protein, GDF11, that mediates many of the effects. The work suggests that some aspects of the aging brain aren't necessarily an internal feature of the neurons ...

Quantification of GDF11 and Myostatin in Human Aging and Cardiovascular Disease. Cell Metabolism , 2016; 23 (6): 1207 DOI: 10.1016/j.cmet.2016.05.023 Cite This Page : ...

Harvard stem cell biologist Amy Wagers, cardiologist Richard Lee of the Harvard-affiliated Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston, and their colleagues claim that a specific protein, GDF11, may ...

Both studies identify the circulating protein growth differentiation factor 11 (GDF11), a member of the transforming growth factor-β (TGF-β) family, as being at least one of the agents ...

The scientists found that levels of a protein called GDF11 decreased in the blood of mice as they grew older. When the researchers injected the protein into the heart muscle of old mice ...

That’s the slogan of a new Harvard University spinout that plans to put millions behind a hotly disputed rejuvenation discovery. The startup, Elevian, which is based in San Francisco, says it ...

Scientists at Harvard University also discovered that ‘youth protein’ GDF11, which circulates in the blood, is responsible for keeping the brain and muscles young and strong. It is present in ...

Its results are expected out by the end of the year. In 2014, Wagers published two studies in Science outlining the role of GDF11, a protein growth factor in the blood that she said was ...