Hangata ho itima lijo ho sebelisoa e le mokhoa o atlehang oa ho theola boima ba 'mele, empa hape ho thusa' mele ho loantša maloetse. Ho itima lijo ka matsatsi a mabeli feela ho lumella lisele tsa 'mele tsa ho itšireletsa mafung ho inchafatsa, ho thusa' mele ho loantša tšoaetso.
Bo-rasaense ba Univesithing ea Southern California ba lekile phello ea matsatsi a 2-4 a ho itima lijo ho litoeba le batho ka lithuto tsa likhoeli tse tÅ¡eletseng. Maemong ana ka bobeli, ka mor'a thupelo ka 'ngoe, ho ile ha tlalehoa ho fokotseha ha palo ea lisele tse tÅ¡oeu tsa mali maling. Ho litoeba, ka lebaka la potoloho ea ho itima lijo, mokhoa oa ho tsosolosoa ha lisele tse tÅ¡oeu tsa mali o ile oa qalisoa, kahoo ho tsosolosa mekhoa ea tÅ¡ireletso ea 'mele. Walter Longo, moprofesa oa thuto ea gerontology le saense ea baeloji Univesithing ea Southern California, o re: âHo itima lijo ho fana ka leseli le letala ho eketsa palo ea lisele tsa stem, ho tsosolosa tsamaiso eohle. Litaba tse monate ke hore ha u itima lijo, âmele o ntÅ¡a lisele tsa khale, tse senyehileng.â Phuputso e boetse e bontÅ¡itse hore ho itima lijo ho fokotsa tlhahiso ea hormone IGF-1, e amanang le kotsi ea kankere. Teko e nyane ea kliniki ea mofofisi e fumane hore ho itima lijo lihora tse 72 pele ho kalafo ea chemotherapy ho thibela bakuli ho ba chefo. âLe hoja chemotherapy e pholosa bophelo, ha se lekunutu hore e boetse e na le litla-morao tse kholo sesoleng sa 'mele. Liphetho tsa phuputso li tiisa hore ho itima lijo ho ka fokotsa tse ling tsa litlamorao tsa chemotherapy, "ho bolela Tanya Dorff, motlatsi oa moprofesa oa bongaka ba bongaka Univesithing ea Southern California. "Ho hlokahala lipatlisiso tse eketsehileng tsa bongaka tabeng ena 'me mofuta ona oa ho kenella lijong o lokela ho etsoa feela tlas'a tataiso ea ngaka."