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Old Stems Cells Young Again — Via Vampirism

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on from the ecstatic-twilight-fans dept.

pdragon04 writes to tell us that in recent tests a Howard Hughes Medical Institute team has found that through exposure to "young" blood cells, bone marrow stem cells start to act young again as well. "The researchers have not yet isolated the blood-borne factors that can switch old stem cells back to a more youthful state, but their results are consistent with other recent studies that show stem-cell aging may be reversible. Together those results suggest that it might one day be possible to boost the practical lifespan of stem cells, and thereby increase the body’s resistance to disease and age-related degeneration."

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  1. There Is Nothing About Vampirism by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Informative

    in TFA.

  2. Re:Let me get this straight... by frank_adrian314159 · · Score: 5, Funny

    I'll live forever if I eat babies?

    That's how Dick Cheney does it.

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  3. Re:But can you walk out in sunlight afterwards? by mfh · · Score: 5, Informative

    Depends on which vampire you are:
    http://imgur.com/DwTbo.jpg

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