Bacteria avoid age defects through collective behaviour
Thursday, July 14, 2016 - 07:31
in Biology & Nature
As they age, more and more defects arise in most organisms. Researchers from the Niels Bohr Institute have discovered that microorganisms like bacteria can keep a colony young by practicing a common strategy for propagation. The same may be true for, for example, stem cells in humans. The results have been published in the scientific journal Cell Systems.