Mice Run Faster On High-grade Oil
Wednesday, July 1, 2009 - 13:28
in Health & Medicine
Between the 1932 and 2008 Olympic Games, world record times of the men's 100m sprint improved by 0.6 seconds. Scientists have shown that an equivalent improvement can be achieved in mice by feeding them a diet high in a certain type of polyunsaturated fatty acid.
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