Aged hematopoietic stem cells rejuvenated to be functionally younger
Thursday, May 3, 2012 - 21:30
in Health & Medicine
Researchers have rejuvenated aged hematopoietic stem cells to be functionally younger, offering intriguing clues into how medicine might one day fend off some of the ailments of old age. The study brings new perspective to what has been a life science controversy -- countering what used to be broad consensus that the aging of hematopoietic stem cells was locked in by nature and not reversible by therapeutic intervention.
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