According to experts, their discovery will help to create a cure for cancer and funds for the fight against aging and stress
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Russian scientists have found that the hormone melatonin, which regulates circadian rhythms of man and responsible for the awakening and dream, can permanently preserve youth. It is reported RIA Novosti with reference to the journal Biochimica et Biophysica Acta, which published the research of biophysicists.
the results of the research specialists from the Institute of theoretical and experimental Biophysics of RAS showed that prolonged use of melatonin promotes the closure of pores in the mitochondria and prevents the escape of the enzymes. “Continuous administration of melatonin, even in old animals improves mitochondrial function”, — quotes Agency scientists.
Biophysics believe that this discovery will help create a unique cure for cancer and tools that will help in the fight against aging and stress.
Specifies that the aging process involves mitochondria, the “power plants” of cells that have their own DNA. When they do not work, can develop Alzheimer’s or diabetes.
With age, the mitochondria appear the so-called spaces through which the body loses calcium ions. Melatonin can fill data gaps, then the cell will again begin to work normally.
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