Scientists identified new drug extend fertility in women by 6 years
By: Team Ifairer | Posted: 24-02-2018
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The existence of drugs that block these exact proteins provided an opportunity to test their effects.
Another experiment that knocked out the cathepsin B genes entirely succeeded in extending worms' fertility by about 10 percent.
"If applied to humans, it could be a three- to six-year extension of your reproductive period," said Nicole Templeman from Princeton University.