SGLT2 inhibitors maintain youthful capillaries (IMAGE)

MDI Biological Laboratory

SGLT2 inhibitors maintain youthful capillaries

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Blood vessels in a young African turquoise killifish (left) are dense and healthy. As the fish age (center) vessels become less dense, with fewer branches. Older fish treated over time with SGLT2 inhibitors (right) maintained youthful vasculature (Hannah Somers, Anastasia Paulmann, M.D., MDI Bio Lab)

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Hannah Somers, Anastasia Paulmann, M.D., MDI Biological Laboratory

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