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Editorial
. 2015 Nov 6;117(11):906-8.
doi: 10.1161/CIRCRESAHA.115.307645.

The elusive philosopher's stone in young blood

Haipeng Sun  1 , Yibin Wang  2
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Editorial

The elusive philosopher's stone in young blood

Haipeng Sun et al. Circ Res. .
No abstract available

Keywords: Editorials; Gdf11 protein, mouse; aging; hypertrophy; rejuvenation.

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Conflict of interest statement

Disclosures stating any financial, personal or professional relationships with other people or organizations that could reasonably be perceived as conflicts of interest or as potentially influencing or biasing this work: None.

Comment on

  • GDF11 does not rescue aging-related pathological hypertrophy.
    Smith SC, Zhang X, Zhang X, Gross P, Starosta T, Mohsin S, Franti M, Gupta P, Hayes D, Myzithras M, Kahn J, Tanner J, Weldon SM, Khalil A, Guo X, Sabri A, Chen X, MacDonnell S, Houser SR. Smith SC, et al. Circ Res. 2015 Nov 6;117(11):926-32. doi: 10.1161/CIRCRESAHA.115.307527. Epub 2015 Sep 17. Circ Res. 2015. PMID: 26383970 Free PMC article.

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