17 Feb, 2010
Rewinding the Clock for Aging Cells
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Rewinding the Clock for Aging Cells
Cells from people with premature aging disease get “younger” with the help of stem cell technology. Reverting skin cells from people with a premature aging disease back to a more embryonic state appears to overcome the molecular defect in these cells. People with the disease have abnormally short telomeres, a repetitive stretch of DNA that caps chromosomes and shrinks with every cell division, even in healthy people.
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Rewinding the Clock for Aging Cells
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