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Telomerase can reverse the aging process... sort of

By Hank Campbell in Science 2.0
February 28, 2011
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Submitted by Hank on Mon, 02/28/2011 - 11:56
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Biologists are, at long last, beginning to understand the molecular processes responsible for aging in complex (multicellular) organisms – and to investigate ways to counteract these processes.

There is now research that shows in a  special case, telomerase reactivation reverses tissue degeneration in aged telomerase-deficient mice.

Charles Daney at scienceandreason.blogspot.com has the best overview of this study you will read today.

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