Friday, 1 May 2015

The Secret to Aging May Lie in How Our DNA Is Packaged

The Secret to Aging May Lie in How Our DNA Is Packaged

Researchers say it may be possible to slow and even reverse aging by keeping DNA more stably packed together in our cells. In a breakthrough discovery, scientists report that they have found the key to keeping cells young. In a study published Thursday in Science, an international team, led by Juan Carlos Izpisua Belmonte at the Salk Institute, studied the gene responsible for an accelerated aging disease known as Werner syndrome, or adult progeria, in which patients show signs of osteoporosis..
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