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US News & World Report features MDI Bio Lab’s African turquoise killifish studies
Diabetes Drug May Slow Kidney Aging, Study in Fast-Aging Fish Finds
A group of medications often used to treat diabetes may also help protect aging kidneys, according to a new study.
Published recently in the journal Kidney International, the study tested drugs called SGLT2 inhibitors in African turquoise killifish, a small fish that lives only 4 to 6 months.
Because the fish age so quickly, scientists were able to watch the equivalent of decades of organ aging happen in just weeks.
The results showed that fish given the drugs had healthier kidneys as they grew older.
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