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minus-squareDigitalprimate@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·8 days agoI thought the central problem was telemore degeneration, not anything to do with stem cells per se. Happy to be corrected if wrong; I never worked anywhere near this category in my very long ago now pharma/biotech phase.
minus-squareteyrnon@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·8 days agoThat is part of it, which is what I alluded to in the degeneration of the dna. The stem cell thing too though. Our bodies aren’t programmed to live beyond a certain point. We learned about this in a Nature of Disease course at University.
I thought the central problem was telemore degeneration, not anything to do with stem cells per se.
Happy to be corrected if wrong; I never worked anywhere near this category in my very long ago now pharma/biotech phase.
That is part of it, which is what I alluded to in the degeneration of the dna. The stem cell thing too though. Our bodies aren’t programmed to live beyond a certain point. We learned about this in a Nature of Disease course at University.