Why do cells age? Discovery of extremely long-lived proteins may provide insight into cell aging and neurodegenerative diseases

www.sciencedaily.com - One of the big mysteries in biology is why cells age. Now scientists report that they have discovered a weakness in a component of brain cells that may explain how the aging process occurs in the brain.view link

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With 8.7% market share, Apple has 75% of cell phone profits - Apple 2.0 - Fortune Tech

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A mitosis mystery solved: How chromosomes align perfectly in a dividing cell

www.physorg.com - Although the process of mitotic cell division has been studied intensely for more than 50 years, Whitehead Institute researchers have only now solved the mystery of how cells correctly align their chromosomes during symmetric mitosis.

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Experiments explain why almost all multicellular organisms begin life as a single cell

www.physorg.com - Any multicellular animal, from a blue whale to a human being, poses a special difficulty for the theory of evolution. Most of the cells in its body will die without reproducing, and only a privileged few will pass their genes to the next generation.

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Erasing signs of aging in human cells now a reality

www.sciencedaily.com - Scientists have recently succeeded in rejuvenating cells from elderly donors (aged over 100). These old cells were reprogrammed in vitro to induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSC) and to rejuvenated and human embryonic stem cells (hESC): cells of al...

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