It is a synthetic analog of the -melanocyte-stimulating hormone (-MSH) that is often used to promote skin tanning without exposure to harmful UV rays

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The animals were provided with ad libitum access to clean drinking water and a standard pellet diet
In fact, its the only part of health span that can improve as we age
For this study, we used the Vienna Idiopathic Intracranial Hypertension (VIIH) database, a cohort comprising 151 patients with definite IIH according to modified Friedman criteria [12]