By Pallab GhoshScience correspondent IMAGE SOURCE, FÁTIMA SANTOS Image caption, This magnified skin cell is from a 53-year old woman but it looks and behaves like one that is 30 years younger Researchers have rejuvenated a 53-year-old woman’s skin cells so they are the equivalent of a 23-year-old’s. The scientists in Cambridge believe that they...
by CUNY Advanced Science Research Center In young adult mice (left), TET1 is active in oligodendroglial cells especially after injury and this leads to new myelin formation and healthy brain function. In old mice (right), the age-related decline of TET1 levels impairs the ability of oligodendroglial cells to form functional new myelin. The authors are currently investigating whether...
