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In Search of a Cure for Tissue Injury: The Rise of Mesenchymal Stem Cells in Regenerative Medicine

March 9, 2017

Regenerative medicine has been dubbed the vanguard of 21st-century health care. This emerging field places an emphasis on curing rather than treating injured or impaired tissues, and seeks to repair damaged tissues in vivo (in the living body) using techniques that trigger cells’ intrinsic healing ability. In the event that the body is unable to […]

Charles Odonkor ⋅ Perspectives in Research cell death, funding, Regenerative Medicine, stem cells ⋅

Progeria Effects in Cells Improved with an Antioxidant Found in Broccoli

June 30, 2015

The famed Spanish conquistador Juan Ponce de Leon once traveled to the New World in search of the mythical Fountain of Youth. Hundreds of years later, we are still fascinated by youth and aging. Though not on a quest for a source of youth, scientists today are seeking to learn about the aging process in […]

Xuan Pham ⋅ Perspectives in Research aging, antioxidants, broccoli, broccoli sprouts, cell death, Cells, DNA, fibroblasts, HGPS, Hutchinson-Gilford progeria syndrome, LMNA gene, progeria, progerin, protein, sulforphane ⋅

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