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2025-01-28 20-48-16% changes in circulating IGF1 levels act as an adequate proxy for assessing changes in IGF1 availability
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2025-01-30 11-55-39Injecting IGF1 into fasting mice prevented an increase in the number of Bone Marrow Long-Term Hematopoietic Stem Cells (BM LT-HSCs) at 72 hours of Prolonged Fasting compared with 72-hour-fasted mice that were not injected with IGF1 while fasting
2025-01-29 11-24-44Prolonged Fasting for 72 hours induces symmetric Self-Renewal of mouse Bone Marrow Long-Term Hematopoietic Stem Cells (BM LT-HSCs)
2025-01-29 11-24-22Prolonged Fasting for 72 hours reduces circulating IGF1 levels by 70-75% in mice
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