- Scientists at the Buck Institute for Research on Aging and Georgia Institute of Technology demonstrated how the aging process for human adult stem cells can be reversed.
- Unfortunately, these same cells can become damaged as we age, which makes them less able to replace other damaged tissues.
- If we could find a way to prevent aging in seem cells, then we could find a way to prevent other diseases, like cardiovascular disease, diabetes, osteoporosis and arthritis---really any degenerative disease could be prevented.
- The study's primary aim was to determine just exactly what goes wrong with the biological clock that dictates the division of human adult stem cells as we get older.
- They also can grow into a wide variety of different cells in our body and replace any cells that need replacing.
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